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

• Most of the idle rich suffer unspeakable boredom as the price of their freedom from toil.
  大多数有闲的富人忍受着难以形容的无聊，以之作为摆脱艰辛工作的代价。
• But it's true. I mean, he's done some unspeakable things.
  但那是真的。他做了一些坏事。
• He wants to do unspeakable things to your mother and your sister.
  他想对你的母亲和你的姐妹做可怕的事。
• She is not at all a beauty, but she has an unspeakable charm.
  她根本不是一个美人，但是她有一种无法说出的魅力。
• 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。
• The king had unspeakable majesty.
  国王有无法形容的威严。
• Now he feels his life unspeakable empty.
  如今，他觉得他的生活有说不出的空虚。
• Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
  感谢神，因他有说不尽的恩赐。
• He sold an eccentric millionaire such an unspeakable suit as that!
  他把那么一套不像样子的衣服卖给一位脾气特别的百万富翁。
• 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。