unspeakable

英 [ʌnˈspiːkəbl]

美 [ʌnˈspiːkəbl]

adj.  难以说出口的; 不堪入耳的

复数：unspeakables　

Collins.1 / BNC.20334 / COCA.14026

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以说出口的；不堪入耳的
  that cannot be described in words, usually because it is so bad

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 恶劣得说不出口的；坏透了的
  If you describe something asunspeakable, you are emphasizing that it is extremely unpleasant.
  1. ...the unspeakable horrors of chemical weapons...
     化学武器难以名状的可怖
  2. The pain is unspeakable.
     疼起来厉害得无法形容。
  3. ...unspeakable crimes.
     令人说不出口的罪行

英英释义

adj

• defying expression or description
  1. indefinable yearnings
  2. indescribable beauty
  3. ineffable ecstasy
  4. inexpressible anguish
  5. unspeakable happiness
  6. unutterable contempt
  7. a thing of untellable splendor
  Synonym:indefinableindescribableineffableuntellableunutterable
• exceptionally bad or displeasing
  1. atrocious taste
  2. abominable workmanship
  3. an awful voice
  4. dreadful manners
  5. a painful performance
  6. terrible handwriting
  7. an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
  Synonym:atrociousabominableawfuldreadfulpainfulterrible
• too sacred to be uttered
  1. the ineffable name of the Deity
  Synonym:ineffableunnameableunutterable

双语例句

• The judge described the offences as nauseating and unspeakable
  法官将这些犯罪行为描述为“令人作呕、说不出口”。
• And I knew nothing about the millions of people living in unspeakable poverty and disease in developing countries.
  也对发展中国家被贫困和病痛折磨的人们一无所知。
• She is not at all a beauty, but she has an unspeakable charm.
  她根本不是一个美人，但是她有一种无法说出的魅力。
• The king had unspeakable majesty.
  国王有无法形容的威严。
• I need to show courage in the face of unspeakable danger.
  我要在突如其来的危险前面展示勇气。
• Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
  感谢神，因他有说不尽的恩赐。
• We must find the ways to recover from this psychological effects of unspeakable acts.
  我们必须寻找从这个不可宽恕的行为而造成的精神创伤中恢复过来的途径。
• It is indeed an unspeakable grace to know God as the Holy One.
  认识神是至圣的，是一个不可言喻的恩典。
• And that you would have to let a guy go who committed an unspeakable act.
  如果要你放过一个犯下发指罪行的人。
• The culture has label death unthinkable and unspeakable region.
  文化已经为死神进行了一番修饰，把它称为难以想象和只可意会不可言传的禁区。