indefinable

英 [ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbl] 美 [ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbl]

adj.  难以定义的; 无法解释的

复数:indefinables

TEM8

BNC.21190 / COCA.26368



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 难以定义的;无法解释的
    difficult or impossible to define or explain
    1. She has that indefinable something that makes an actress a star.
      她具备了那种使演员成为明星的说不出的特质。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ 难以确切表达的;难以确定的;模糊不清的
    An indefinable quality or feeling cannot easily be described.
    1. There was something indefinable in her eyes...
      她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。
    2. His head felt lighter in some indefinable way.
      他的头不知为何有点晕眩。

双语例句

  1. There was something indefinable in her eyes
    她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。
  2. His head felt lighter in some indefinable way.
    他的头不知为何有点晕眩。
  3. A sign that they are losing the sense of their criminality, and that they feel, even among thinkers and dreamers, some indefinable support which the latter themselves know not of.
    这说明他们已失去了那种自惭多罪的感受,并感到自己已在某些思想家和空想者中间受到一种说不上是什么的不自觉的支持。
  4. No sunset so beautiful that it does not waken the vision of a greater beauty, a vision which passes before it is fully glimpsed, and in passing leaves and indefinable longing and regret.
    美丽的落日总会引起一个更加绚丽的景象未及饱览便一闪即逝,并在消逝中给人留下不可名状的渴望和惆怅。
  5. All at once, she experienced that indefinable impression which one undergoes when there is some one standing behind one, even when she does not see the person.
    她忽然有一种说不出的感觉:在自己背后立着一个人,即使不看,也能感到。
  6. Both bore languidly the indefinable burden of immaterial pleasures.
    他俩昏昏沉沉地承受着这种非物质的快感的无限重压。
  7. It WAS the quality of it, the repose, and the musical modulation-the soft, rich, indefinable product of culture and a gentle soul.
    他爱恋她声音的悦耳、平和与它那动人的起伏&那是文化教养与高雅的灵魂的流露,柔和丰富得难以描述。
  8. Every now and then, an actor or actress manages to somehow channel the vitality of youth& that indefinable, natural, unprocessed glamour full of possibility and filled with anticipation for an endless future, Baz said of the 23-year-old blonde beauty.
    总有这样子的一些演员,他们能唤醒年轻人的活力,他们充满着自然和未经雕琢的魔力,前途不可限量。Baz这样评价这位23岁的金发美女。
  9. These words were uttered with an indefinable sound which startled the girl.
    这些话的口气有些暧昧,它使姑娘吃了一惊。
  10. We believe the indefinable power of this rebel boy, it is the main motivation of releasing his solo exhibition by the end of this year.
    我们更加相信这个有著反叛生活方式的年轻人身上那种莫名的力量,这是今年年底推出他的个展的主要动机。
  11. To avoid a certain indefinable shame she felt at being caught spying about for a position, she quickened her steps and assumed an air of indifference supposedly common to one upon an errand.
    怕被人看穿她在找活干,让她感到一阵无以名状的羞愧,因此她赶紧加快步子,装出一副有事在身的那种人常有的漫不经心的神气。
  12. And in passing leaves an indefinable longing and regret.
    并在消逝中给人留下了不可名状的渴望和惆怅。
  13. A strange exaltation that was indefinable; a strange fantastical mind; what a strange sense of humor she has.
    不确定的异常兴奋;异常的空想;她的幽默感是多么不同寻常。
  14. What film can do as well as any essay is to convey indefinable foreboding, the feeling that something is somehow wrong.
    与任何小品文一样,电影所能做的是传达一种莫名的预感,一种有什么地方似乎不对劲的感觉。
  15. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.
    她缺少那种难以形容的软弱的媚态。
  16. They immersed into my childhood life and made me keep the close distance and indefinable secret love to the country.
    她们浸香了我的童年,并使我和乡村一直保持着贴心的距离与莫名的暗恋。
  17. It is that indefinable charm which is to a woman what perfume is to the flower and flavor to the fruit, for the beauty of either is not the only quality we seek.
    而这种娇柔对于一个女人,正好象香气对于花和美味对于果子一样,美并不是我们对于花和果所要求的唯一的东西。
  18. An indefinable feeling of terror; an abstract concept that seems indefinable.
    说不清的恐怖感;看起来好像无法确定的抽象概念。
  19. The mode of expression_r, the tone and modulation of the voice, the choice of words, and certain other indefinable things distinguish him.
    表达的方式、音调的转换、遣词造句以及某种难以言表的东西会让他们与众不同。
  20. The boundary is not clearly defined. This borderline is indefinable. definite but not specified or identified.
    有明确的界限但没有确定、识别。
  21. The indefinable pleasures that a bookshop supplies.
    书店给人的难以言喻的乐趣。
  22. Chinese contemporary art'is being formed and constructed by various enthusiasm and desires in China and overseas, but it is after all impalpable and indefinable.
    “中国当代艺术”在海外和本土正在被各种热情、欲望塑造着,但始终是不可捉摸、不可定义。
  23. She had that indefinable beauty.
    她浑身上下洋溢着一种美丽。
  24. The author intended to create text full of sensorial stimulus, to demonstrate the indefinable movements of characters, like the reactions of plants evoked from the forces of Nature.
    第一章探讨《向性》一书里,作者透过文章结构、词汇布置出一个充满刺激物的文字空间启动人类的五种感官,进而观察人物微妙的心理活动转化。
  25. An indefinable sadness had come over Huei-fang these last few days.
    四小姐这无名的惆怅也是最近三四天内才有的。
  26. A kind of something indefinable hit me, I suddenly thought of even stray and am not qualified, while the tears poured.
    有种说不清的说不清的东西袭击着我,我突然想到甚至连流浪的资格都没有了,而失声痛哭。
  27. The first saw film as a useful tool for capturing and documenting the inherently indefinable concept of motion.
    第一为捕获并且记录运动的内在地难下定义的概念作为一个有用工具看了电影。
  28. Shi Jing ( below as Shi): I was influenced by progressivism, and I wanted to make something that was indefinable.
    史晶(以下简称史):当时是受到进步论的影响,就是想做出一种无法界定的东西。
  29. There's an indefinable air of tension in this town.
    这城镇里有种难以描述的紧张气氛。
  30. The role of the manager is inherently general, variable, and indefinable.
    经理人的角色本来就是不断变化且难以描述的。

英英释义

adj

  1. not capable of being precisely or readily described
    1. an indefinable feeling of terror
    2. an abstract concept that seems indefinable

    Synonym:    undefinable

  2. 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:    indescribableineffableunspeakableuntellableunutterable