unthinkable

英 [ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl] 美 [ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl]

adj.  难以想象的; 不可思议的; 难以置信的

Collins.1 / BNC.9602 / COCA.9424



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 难以想象的;不可思议的;难以置信的
    impossible to imagine or accept
    1. It was unthinkable that she could be dead.
      她竟然去世了,真是很难相信。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ 匪夷所思的;不可思议的;难以想象的
    If you say that something is unthinkable, you are emphasizing that it cannot possibly be accepted or imagined as a possibility.
    1. Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable.
      笃信天主教让她完全无法接受堕胎。
    2. The unthinkable is something that is unthinkable.
      匪夷所思的事情;不可思议的事情
    3. Edward VIII had done the unthinkable and abdicated the throne.
      爱德华八世竟主动逊位,真是匪夷所思。
  2. ADJ 匪夷所思的;难以想象的;不堪设想的
    You can use unthinkable to describe a situation, event, or action which is extremely unpleasant to imagine or remember.
    1. This place is going to be unthinkable without you.
      没有了你,真不知道这地方会变成什么样子。
    2. ...Monday's unthinkable tragedy.
      周一发生的难以置信的悲剧

双语例句

  1. Any thought of splitting up the company was unthinkable they said
    他们说,任何将公司拆分开的想法都是不能接受的。
  2. In a strangled voice he said, 'This place is going to be unthinkable without you.'
    他哽咽地说道:“没有你这个地方会变得不可想象。”
  3. Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable.
    笃信天主教让她完全无法接受堕胎。
  4. This place is going to be unthinkable without you.
    没有了你,真不知道这地方会变成什么样子。
  5. It is unthinkable that the fight is terribly fierce.
    战斗之烈,实难预料。
  6. 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。
  7. He tried to explain how unthinkable her suggestion was.
    他想要解释:她的打算是多么不堪设想。
  8. A hit like this at GM was almost unthinkable just a few years ago.
    仅仅是几年前,还几乎很难想象通用汽车能推出这么一款重磅的产品。
  9. In fact, without the open source-licensed GDAL, most modern geodata viewers would be unthinkable.
    事实上,如果没有开源许可的GDAL,多数现代地理空间数据查看器将是不可思议的。
  10. This kind of processing enables the creation of applications unthinkable just a few years ago.
    这种类型的处理为创建数年前想象不到的应用程序创造了条件。
  11. So he proposed the unthinkable.
    所以他提了一个不可思议的建议。
  12. All this would have been unthinkable in the old China.
    这在旧中国简直是无法想象的。
  13. Such legal changes would have been unthinkable in the region a decade ago.
    这些法律变革在十年前是不可想象的。
  14. This might seem an unthinkable throwback.
    这看起来似乎是一种不可思议的倒退。
  15. For most people in this country, the prospect of war is unthinkable.
    对这个国家的大多数人来讲,战争的前景是无法想象的。
  16. In recent weeks, some market commentators have asked a question that would once have seemed unthinkable.
    最近几周,一些市场评论者提出了一个原本看来不可思议的问题。
  17. It's unthinkable that I should give up now.
    不可思议的是我现在就要放弃。
  18. Leaving such a large number of people with no effective treatment would be an unthinkable tragedy.
    如此大量的人不能得到有效治疗将是一个不可思议的悲剧。
  19. And it has done so at a rate that would be unthinkable in any other country.
    中国做这些事情的速度,在其它任何一个国家都是不可想象的。
  20. Less than two weeks ago the idea had seemed unthinkable.
    不到两周之前,这还似乎不可想象。
  21. It would be unthinkable for the west to turn its back on this crisis.
    西方世界对这次危机置之不顾将是难以想像的。
  22. This would have been unthinkable 18 months ago.
    这在18个月前,根本无法想象。
  23. That he shall be a dishonest man be unthinkable.
    他竟然是个不诚实的人是不可思议的。
  24. A company without a Web site is unthinkable and most companies and organizations have more than one site.
    一个没有网站的公司是不可想象的,绝大多数的公司和组织不只拥有一个网站。
  25. From that point of view, an apology or compensation is unthinkable.
    从该角度出发,道歉和赔偿是不可能的。
  26. The US and China have other common interests, to a degree unthinkable just a few years ago.
    美国和中国存在其它共同利益,而在几年前,这简直难以想象。
  27. Only two years later that situation is unthinkable as more and more organisations compete to make the list.
    仅仅两年之后,这种情况已变得难以想象,因为越来越多的组织都争着上这个名单。
  28. YOU Can Reach Your Goals and Achieve the Unthinkable.
    你可以达成你的目标,获得不可思议的成就!
  29. The unthinkable has happened, I really have no idea how to describe how I feel now.
    真的让人太不可思议了,我都不知道该怎么形容我此刻的心情。
  30. Think of what's possible today that was unthinkable two decades ago.
    想想有多少在今天可能、而在20年前却不可思议的事。

英英释义

adj

  1. incapable of being conceived or considered