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Something incomprehensible is difficult or impossible to understand.
Something incomprehensible難以理解的東西 is difficult or impossible to understand就是很難、甚至不可能被理解的
A sentence can be incomprehensible because the English is broken, or the idea is too dense, or someone is speaking too fast. People also stretch it for feelings: his anger was incomprehensible — you cannot see why. It is a fairly strong adjective, used in both speech and writing.
A sentence一個句子 can be incomprehensible可能會難以理解 because是因為 the English is broken英文本身支離破碎, or或者 the idea is too dense意思太密集太複雜, or或者 someone is speaking too fast有人講話講得太快 People also stretch it這個詞也會被延伸使用 for feelings用在情緒上: his anger他的憤怒 was incomprehensible讓人難以理解 — you cannot see why你看不出原因 It is它是 a fairly strong adjective語氣相當強的形容詞, used in both speech and writing口語和書面都會用
Though actually, older religious English sometimes calls God “the Incomprehensible,” meaning a mind we cannot fully take in; that use is rare now.
Though actually不過其實, older religious English早期的宗教英文 sometimes calls God有時候把神稱為 "the Incomprehensible"「難以理解者」, meaning意思是 a mind we cannot fully take in一個我們無法完全理解的心智; that use is rare now這種用法現在很少見了
For , the everyday sense is “I cannot understand this.” Comprehensive, a cousin on the page, means covering a lot, not “able to understand.”
For learners對學習者來說, the everyday sense平常的意思就是 "I cannot understand this."「我看不懂這個」。 Comprehensive這個字旁邊常出現的comprehensive, a cousin on the page字形很像, means意思是 covering a lot範圍很廣、很全面, not "able to understand"不是「能夠理解」的意思
組成in- (not) + comprehensible (able to be understood). From Latin comprehendō, “to grasp / to understand.”
同家族的字
- comprehensiblewithout in-: able to be understood
- comprehendthe verb: to understand
- comprehensionthe noun for understanding
- incomprehensibilitythe noun: the quality of being impossible to understand
- comprehensivesame old Latin “grasp,” but now means covering a lot / quite complete — not “able to understand”
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
incomprehensibleadj/ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/
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Impossible or very difficult to understand.
- But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.
- In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was, incomprehensible, firing into a continent.
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literarylifestylereligiontheologyWhich cannot be contained; boundless, infinite.
- Prayer to God the Father: It is fitting and right to sing to You, to bless You, to praise You, to give thanks to You, to worship You in every place of your dominion: for You are God, beyond description, beyond understanding, invisible, incomprehensible, always existing, always the same; You and your only-begotten Son and your Holy Spirit
incomprehensiblenoun/ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/
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Anything that is beyond understanding.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。