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    If something is inconceivable, it is too strange or too far from ordinary life to be thought real or possible. You cannot really picture it happening.

    If something is inconceivable如果某件事是inconceivable it is too strange or too far from ordinary life to be thought real or possible意思是它太奇怪,或離日常生活太遠,讓人無法相信它是真的或可能發生 You cannot really picture it happening你真的沒辦法想像它會發生

    People use it of futures they cannot imagine, and also — a little loosely — of things they simply find shocking: “It is inconceivable that they would lie.” Though actually, that second use is often drama more than strict meaning; “I find it hard to believe” is weaker, and careful speakers keep inconceivable for ideas the mind truly cannot hold as possible.

    People use it of futures they cannot imagine人們用它來說自己無法想像的未來 and also — a little loosely — of things they simply find shocking也會——比較鬆散地——用來說自己單純覺得很震驚的事 “It is inconceivable that they would lie.”「It is inconceivable that they would lie.」(他們會說謊,簡直難以置信) Though actually不過其實 that second use is often drama more than strict meaning第二種用法常常比較是戲劇化的說法,而不是嚴格的意思 “I find it hard to believe” is weaker「I find it hard to believe」(我很難相信)語氣比較弱 and careful speakers keep inconceivable for ideas the mind truly cannot hold as possible講究的人會把inconceivable留給心裡真的無法接受是可能的那種想法

    It is a fairly formal, rather heavy adjective. It is about what the mind can accept, not about whether a rule allows the thing.

    It is a fairly formal, rather heavy adjective這是一個相當正式、蠻沉重的形容詞 It is about what the mind can accept它談的是心裡能不能接受 not about whether a rule allows the thing不是規則允不允許這件事

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成From in- (not) + conceivable (able to be thought of as possible).

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原始詞典資料1 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。

inconceivableadj/ɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bl̩/

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    Unable to be conceived or imagined; unbelievable.

    • While the world altered dramatically during the course of her reign, the monarchy did too, though rather more imperceptibly: the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。