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词汇 inconceivable
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Definition of inconceivable in English:

inconceivable

adjective ɪnkənˈsiːvəb(ə)lˌɪnkənˈsivəb(ə)l
  • Not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.

    不能想象的;不可理解的;难以置信的

    with clause it seemed inconceivable that the president had been unaware of what was going on

    总裁竟没有察觉到正在发生什么,这是令人难以置信的。

    they behaved with inconceivable cruelty

    他们的行为残忍到难以置信。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We find it inconceivable that his accounts were imagined or invented.
    • I don't want to look at this stuff very often, but it's inconceivable that it wouldn't be there when I needed it.
    • It is inconceivable that the council have the power to banish us from outside our own front door in the name of traffic flow for a race meeting.
    • It is inconceivable that low percentages of women in other jobs would get such special treatment.
    • That's inconceivable to me, the thought of someone understanding me better than I do.
    • It is inconceivable to think he would allow a book go to print without including in it his summary of events in Saipan.
    • Taylor must prove equally astute, though it seems inconceivable that the next manager will survive so long.
    • It is not inconceivable that his methods could have resulted in some of them becoming identified against their will.
    • It is inconceivable that people should be working and not have anything to show for it.
    • The idea that he might just conceivably stand for values which are socially destructive is of course inconceivable.
    • It is not at all inconceivable that a small number of them are capable of acting like idiots.
    • Because the falsity of such a proposition is inconceivable, you cannot have a clear grasp of its meaning and be in doubt as to its truth.
    • If he had, however, it is inconceivable that he would have blamed his mother.
    • Discordant declarations are inconceivable and, when they occur, devastating.
    • It is inconceivable that these powers could be applied to a demonstration.
    • I look to see if she's near - maybe some effort's not so inconceivable after all.
    • Having moved from Anfield to Elland Road, it is inconceivable that Fowler will be left behind if fully fit and back in form.
    • Because the notion of it still being broken was simply inconceivable.
    • That kind of financial irregularity would be inconceivable today, even in Motherwell and Wishaw.
    • In this early morning paradise, it seemed inconceivable that enormous violence was about to be unleashed.
    Synonyms
    beyond belief, unbelievable, extremely difficult to believe, scarcely credible, incredible, unthinkable, unimaginable, unimagined, extremely unlikely, not in the least likely, extremely implausible, extremely doubtful
    impossible, beyond the bounds of possibility, out of the question, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, incomprehensible
    informal hard to swallow, mind-boggling

Derivatives

  • inconceivability

  • noun ɪnkənsiːvəˈbɪlɪtiˌɪnkənˌsivəˈbɪlədi
    • They took shelter in the utter inconceivability of what was being documented.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This scandalous inconceivability - dead men talking?
      • It is a mixture of both indecision and the truly solid faith in the inconceivability of a heavenly body.
      • Paradox lends itself to the expression of religious ideas, especially Christian notions concerned with the doctrine of the incarnation, with its mix of divine inconceivability and worldly embodiment.
      • Understanding the inconceivability of the Absolute is the only solution to the question of duality.
  • inconceivableness

  • noun
    • Our inability to do this would prove the inconceivableness of the hypothesis.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This argumentation is fallacious, since it confounds incomprehensibility with inconceivableness, superiority to reason with contradiction.
  • inconceivably

  • adverb ɪnkənˈsiːvəbli
    • as submodifier a crisis of inconceivably devastating proportions

      破坏范围令人难以置信的危机。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Gissing is so relentlessly materalistic in his focus that the writer's life looks inconceivably horrible by the end of the book: his characters exercise their meager talents towards prostitution or invisibility.
      • What he had to suffer was almost inconceivably depraved.
      • At a gas station in southern Baghdad, an inconceivably long line of cars snakes down a road, around the corner, and up over a bridge all the way across the Tigris.
      • He has an abundance of talent and ambition, but the sheer scope and impact of his work are so unexpectedly and inconceivably grand that one all but sees a divine spark in the end result.
      • ‘Saw’ is a product of Twisted Pictures, and that is exactly what it is - an inconceivably warped, demented and disturbing film.

Definition of inconceivable in US English:

inconceivable

adjectiveˌɪnkənˈsivəb(ə)lˌinkənˈsēvəb(ə)l
  • Not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.

    不能想象的;不可理解的;难以置信的

    with clause it seemed inconceivable that the president had been unaware of what was going on

    总裁竟没有察觉到正在发生什么,这是令人难以置信的。

    they behaved with inconceivable cruelty

    他们的行为残忍到难以置信。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because the falsity of such a proposition is inconceivable, you cannot have a clear grasp of its meaning and be in doubt as to its truth.
    • It is inconceivable that these powers could be applied to a demonstration.
    • It is inconceivable that low percentages of women in other jobs would get such special treatment.
    • It is inconceivable that people should be working and not have anything to show for it.
    • I don't want to look at this stuff very often, but it's inconceivable that it wouldn't be there when I needed it.
    • Because the notion of it still being broken was simply inconceivable.
    • Taylor must prove equally astute, though it seems inconceivable that the next manager will survive so long.
    • It is inconceivable that the council have the power to banish us from outside our own front door in the name of traffic flow for a race meeting.
    • It is inconceivable to think he would allow a book go to print without including in it his summary of events in Saipan.
    • In this early morning paradise, it seemed inconceivable that enormous violence was about to be unleashed.
    • That's inconceivable to me, the thought of someone understanding me better than I do.
    • We find it inconceivable that his accounts were imagined or invented.
    • That kind of financial irregularity would be inconceivable today, even in Motherwell and Wishaw.
    • It is not inconceivable that his methods could have resulted in some of them becoming identified against their will.
    • Having moved from Anfield to Elland Road, it is inconceivable that Fowler will be left behind if fully fit and back in form.
    • If he had, however, it is inconceivable that he would have blamed his mother.
    • The idea that he might just conceivably stand for values which are socially destructive is of course inconceivable.
    • I look to see if she's near - maybe some effort's not so inconceivable after all.
    • It is not at all inconceivable that a small number of them are capable of acting like idiots.
    • Discordant declarations are inconceivable and, when they occur, devastating.
    Synonyms
    beyond belief, unbelievable, extremely difficult to believe, scarcely credible, incredible, unthinkable, unimaginable, unimagined, extremely unlikely, not in the least likely, extremely implausible, extremely doubtful
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