1. 1

    So bad, strange, or extreme that you cannot even imagine it, or that people feel they should not even think about it. It is stronger than just 'surprising' — it usually means something shocking, like war, a terrible accident, or losing someone close.

    難以想像的(事)

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組成un- (not) + think + -able (able to be done). Literally 'not able to be thought'.

同家族的字

  • thinkthe base verb inside it
  • thinkablethe positive form, meaning something you could imagine happening

原始詞典資料4 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。

unthinkableadj/ʌnˈθɪŋkəbəl/

  • 1

    That cannot be believed.

    • Near-synonyms: unbelievable, incredible, inconceivable
  • 2

    Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.

    • Near-synonyms: inconceivable, imponderable
    • Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development - Lewis Mumford
  • 3

    Extremely improper; extremely at odds with norms of expected behavior.

    • Near-synonyms: taboo, unspeakable, unutterable, inconceivable
    • I want you to know that P.A.C. will pay for a child psychiatrist to come in and testify on behalf of the child so that the homosexual father will not be able to have that little girl overnight and weekends to expose her to what is unthinkable.

unthinkablenoun/ʌnˈθɪŋkəbəl/

  • 1

    Something, or various things collectively, that one dare not think about, dare not do, or dare not think about doing.

    • Near-synonym: unspeakable
    • do the unthinkable

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