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。
• Oh, you unspeakable liar!
  啊，你这可恶透了的小骗子。
• But it's true. I mean, he's done some unspeakable things.
  但那是真的。他做了一些坏事。
• All I really remember is the pain, the unspeakable pain.
  我所真正记得的只有痛苦，难以言喻的痛苦。
• Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
  感谢神，因他有说不尽的恩赐。
• 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。
• This is an unspeakable crime.
  这是宗令人发指的罪行。
• 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 that you would have to let a guy go who committed an unspeakable act.
  如果要你放过一个犯下发指罪行的人。
• 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。