英:[ɪnˈefəbl]
美:[ɪnˈɛfəbəl]
英:[ɪnˈefəbl]
美:[ɪnˈɛfəbəl]
in·ef·fa·ble
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ineffably (adv.), ineffability (n.), ineffableness (n.)
词根:ineffably
adv.ineffably 难以言喻地;因神圣而不容称呼地
Adjective
1. defying expression or description;
"indefinable yearnings"
"indescribable beauty"
"ineffable ecstasy"
"inexpressible anguish"
"unspeakable happiness"
"unutterable contempt"
"a thing of untellable splendor"
2. too sacred to be uttered;
"the ineffable name of the Deity"
14世纪末,“难以形容的,太过于言语之外,无法表达”,源自于14世纪的古法语 ineffable 或直接源自拉丁语 ineffabilis “无法言喻”,由 in- “不,相反”(见 in-(1))和 effabilis “可说的”组成,由 effari “说出”组成,由 ex “出”(见 ex-)和 fari “说,讲”组成,源自于 PIE 词根 *bha-(2)“说话,告诉,说”。
意思是“不能说的”来自于1590年代。复数名词 ineffables 曾一度是“裤子”的幽默委婉语(1823年; 见 inexpressible)。相关词汇: Ineffably。
Middle English, from Latin ineffabilis, from in- + effabilis capable of being expressed, from effari to speak out, from ex- + fari to speak — more at ban >entry 1
The first known use of ineffable was in the 14th century
inefficiencynoun
the quality or state of being inefficient
something that is inefficient
ineffectualadjective
not producing the proper or usual effect
an ineffectual attempt
ineffective sense 2
ineffectualadjective
not producing the proper or usual effect
an ineffectual attempt
ineffective sense 2
ineffectiveadjective
not producing the desired effect
an ineffective law
not performing as well as expected or needed
an ineffective leader
ineffectiveadjective
not producing the desired effect
an ineffective law
not performing as well as expected or needed
an ineffective leader
ineffectiveadjective
not producing the desired effect
an ineffective law
not performing as well as expected or needed
an ineffective leader
ineffableadjective
impossible to express : inexpressible
ineffable joy
ineffableadjective
impossible to express : inexpressible
ineffable joy
1 All this is an attempt to crack open that most private realm: the intimate, ineffable world of flavor.
2 Nearly all, too, say the chief delight of writing is the ineffable process of discovery.
几乎所有作家都谈到,写作的最大愉悦感在于写作中不可言喻的发现之旅。
3 But of course there’s always a story in how human beings navigate one another and sometimes try to bridge — and hide out in — that bristling, ineffable space between us.
4 I remember those wooden card catalogs; I loved their smooth heft and that ineffable smell of slowly decaying paper.
5 Although “Repast” presents his early poems, it is a jagged, one-of-a-kind opus, which endures both as a personal testimony and as the rare poetic work that manages to capture the ineffable on the page.
6 If food is spiritual, then modern "celebrity chefs" have become our priests or gurus, druidic conduits to the ineffable.
7 What was missing was the ineffable charge that audiences feel when a movie is working: the all-important moment when a potential distributor reads the room and realizes they could have a hit on their hands.
8 Who will win: the Don inside of her who provides that ineffable charm irresistible to teenage boys, mean girls, aging admission counselors, and eventually all of New York City and beyond?
9 Even at its most jagged, however, Gimme Some comes across as power-pop by numbers, the effortlessness with which the Swedish trio spin cheerful melodies and ineffable hooks making almost every song sound uncomfortably derivative.
10 When I asked them what influences their music they say "that ineffable moment between being awake and asleep, the feeling of something both real and profoundly impossible."
11 For any number of reasons, concrete and ineffable, there was something about Katherine Goble that made her as comfortable in the office in 1244 as she was in the choir loft at Carver Presbyterian.
12 It is performed by the ensemble toward the end of “Anything Can Happen in the Theater,” and its ineffable melancholy is sublime.
13 Instead he’s built one of the most ineffable styles in jazz, full of smoldering feeling, but with a startling quietness at its core.
14 “The ineffable happens, things do take a turn,” he said.
15 The babies will connect the mothers to the ineffable — not just upward, but also downward, to an unnamed space below, a well, a hell.
16 But there's something sometimes ineffable that is changed.
17 an ineffable beauty descends upon the canyon as the sun begins to set
18 “I will never forget it, that ineffable feeling, if ineffable means being unable to put into words what you feel so strongly.”
19 I know how men will say this, to describe that womanly affect they find ineffable.
20 "Come off it. Your lot get ineffable mercy," said Crowley sourly.
“别逗了,至少你们还有那种不可言说的慈悲,”克鲁利酸溜溜地说。
1 妙不可言的
2 不能说的
4 言语难以形容
5 不可名状的