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 pain is unspeakable.
  疼起来厉害得无法形容。
• In Chechnya unspeakable war crimes have been committed but hardly anyone has the guts to write about it.
  难于形容的战争罪行已经在车臣犯下，但是很难有人有勇气把它写下来。
• 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。
• 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”。
• This is an unspeakable crime.
  这是宗令人发指的罪行。
• 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。
• Everytime I look deep into your eyes, I suffer a feeling of unspeakable melancholy.
  每次凝视你的眼眸，一种难以名状的忧郁便攫住了我。
• 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。
• 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。
• The king had unspeakable majesty.
  国王有无法形容的威严。