unanswerable

英 [ʌnˈɑːnsərəbl] 美 [ʌnˈænsərəbl]

adj.  无可争辩的; 不容反对的; 无答案的; 无法回答的

法律

BNC.20266 / COCA.24644



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 无可争辩的;不容反对的
    an unanswerable argument, etc. is one that nobody can question or disagree with
    1. They presented an unanswerable case for more investment.
      他们提出了一个无可争辩的理由,要求增加投资。
  2. 无答案的;无法回答的
    an unanswerable question is one that has no answer or that you cannot answer

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ 无法回答的;没有答案的
      If you describe a question as unanswerable, you mean that it has no possible answer or that a particular person cannot possibly answer it.
      1. They would ask their mother unanswerable questions.
        他们会问母亲一些无法回答的问题。
    2. ADJ 明摆着的;无可辩驳的
      If you describe a case or argument as unanswerable, you think that it is obviously true or correct and that nobody could disagree with it.
      1. He actually became convinced that the nurses had an unanswerable case...
        他实际上已经相信了护士们的情况确实如此。
      2. The argument for recruiting McGregor was unanswerable.
        录用麦格雷戈的主张毋庸置疑。

    双语例句

    1. They would ask their mother unanswerable questions.
      他们会问母亲一些无法回答的问题。
    2. He actually became convinced that the nurses had an unanswerable case
      他实际上已经相信了护士们的情况确实如此。
    3. The argument for recruiting McGregor was unanswerable.
      录用麦格雷戈的主张毋庸置疑。
    4. The world's ten most unanswerable questions include "what is the meaning of life"," does God exist", showed a study made by Ask Jeeves, a popular search engine in US.
      美国著名搜索引擎AskJeeves最新调查发现,世界上最难回答的十大问题包括生命的意义是什么、有没有上帝等等。
    5. You know they're coming: Those seemingly unanswerable questions that pop up during job interviews.
      你知道该来的总会来:那些看起来无法回答的问题总会在求职面试的时候突然冒出来。
    6. An admissible excuse His case/ defence is unanswerable.
      可以接受的辩解理由他的辩解无懈可击。
    7. Although the WHO is stockpiling antiviral drugs, there has been no official mention of a vaccine stockpile& partly because that would beg the unanswerable question of what to put in it.
      尽管世界卫生组织正在贮备抗病毒药物,但是并没有任何官方记载提及疫苗的储备&这可能部分上是因为,这样做就要回答“储备什么疫苗”这一尚无答案的问题。
    8. This topic is full of unanswerable questions.
      这个题目充满了无法解答的问题。
    9. The case for military intervention, said the minister, was now unanswerable.
      部长说军事干涉的情况是不容争辩的。
    10. How much he still drinks is another unanswerable question, though he enjoys wine at official functions.
      尽管他在正式场合喜欢喝葡萄酒,但他目前的酒量也是一个无法回答的问题。
    11. To accept that present circumstances ( effect) are a result of previous actions ( cause) answers the previously unanswerable question of "why do bad things happen to good people?"
      因果的道理解答了我过去的疑问:“为什么坏事会发生在好人身上?”
    12. For most of the students the question was unanswerable.
      对多数学生而言,这问题无法回答。
    13. Amid china's uneven, 21st century boom, that remains an open and, for the moment, unanswerable question.
      在中国21世纪不平等的繁荣中,这是一个没有答案,而且在此时无法回答的问题。
    14. In economic terns the need to reduce inflation is unanswerable.
      从经济来讲,降低通货膨胀的需要是无可辩驳的。
    15. It is to be achieved either by gradually acquiring more and more territory and so building up an overwhelming preponderance of power, or by the discovery of some new and unanswerable weapon.
      达到最后胜利的方法,或者是逐步攻占越来越多的领土,确立压倒优势的力量,或者是发明某种无敌新式武器。
    16. A brilliant argument which seems to be unanswerable.
      一个看来无可辩驳的极妙的论点。
    17. As to the question you raised in your last letter, I think that it is unanswerable.
      至于你正在上封信中提出的那个标题,我觉得那是无法回应的。
    18. Courts are sometimes obliged to seek answers to questions about love that may well be unanswerable.
      有时,法院有义务为关于爱情的问题寻求答案,而这一问题很可能是无法作答的。
    19. The unanswerable question is how long this war is going to last.
      无法答复的问题是这场战争将要持续多久。
    20. Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise, of all arguments the most unanswerable.
      绰号是最简洁的雄辩,最无法反驳的论据。
    21. To solve this unanswerable question?
      那解不开的问题?
    22. The wizard smiled," Finally, Milon, it's time to take up the unanswerable questions, isn't it?"
      巫师笑着说:“Milon,终于到了回答那些无法回答的问题的时候了,对吧?”
    23. I remembered the stories of my mother as a child, always asking the unanswerable question and dreaming to be the successful professional.
      我记得有关我妈妈的一个故事是,她小时候经常问一些、别人无法回答的问题,并且梦想有一天能成为成功的专家。
    24. Only when the case proceeds to trial does the argument for his departure become unanswerable.
      只有当此案进入到法庭审理阶段后,要求他辞职的论点才会变得无可辩驳。
    25. The case against Crenshaw seems unanswerable.
      控告克伦肖的案子似乎无懈可击。
    26. And till now empirical studies on the assumption of the deterrent effect of death penalty do not provide it with unanswerable evidence.
      迄今为止,关于死刑的遏制效果的假定的实证研究,并没有给其提供无可辩驳的证据。

    英英释义

    adj

    1. impossible to answer
      1. an unanswerable argument