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

• In every society there are certain things that are supposed to be unspeakable.
  在任何一个社会中，总有一些不能直截了当说出来的话。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• You are my unspeakable wound;
  你是我无法形容的伤口；
• 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。
• Would her pearls, her coiffure, help her after all endure the presence of her unspeakable brother?
  她的珍珠和发型能够帮助她忍受一位邪恶透顶的兄弟吗？
• In grief unspeakable, I give you my hand& you of all women the most pitiable.
  在无可言喻的悲伤中，我向你伸出我的手，你是女人中最值得同情的。
• The pain is unspeakable.
  疼起来厉害得无法形容。