unutterable

英 [ʌnˈʌtərəbl]

美 [ʌnˈʌtərəbl]

adj.  难以言表的; 说不出的

BNC.39325 / COCA.37267

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以言表的；说不出的
  used to emphasize how great a particular emotion or quality is
  1. unutterable sadness
     无法形容的悲伤

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （尤指不好的事情）无以名状的，难以形容的，莫名的
  You can useunutterableto emphasize that something, especially a bad quality, is great in degree or intensity.
  1. I am at the beginning of a new and unutterable loneliness.
     我再次陷入莫名的孤独寂寞中。
  2. ...unutterable rubbish.
     一派胡言

英英释义

adj

• very difficult to pronounce correctly
  1. an unpronounceable foreign word
  2. unutterable consonant clusters
  Synonym:unpronounceable
• 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:indefinableindescribableineffableunspeakableuntellable
• too sacred to be uttered
  1. the ineffable name of the Deity
  Synonym:ineffableunnameableunspeakable

双语例句

• And what is the essence of that strange and bitter miracle of life which we feel so poignant, so unutterable, with such a bitter pain and joy, when we are young?
  我们在青春年少时带着悲喜交集的心情，十分强烈而不可名状地感受到人生的奇特辛酸、不可思议的经历。其实质是什么呢？
• In their echoes, there was a tone of unutterable sorrow.
  他们波动的回声中带有一种难言的悲哀。
• During a life's journey, the worst thing that can happen to a person is perhaps not poverty nor misfortune, but an unutterable, nagging sense of languor.
  在人生的旅途中，最糟糕的境遇往往不是贫困、不是厄运，而是精神和心境处于一种无知无觉的疲惫状态。
• We are not worthy that he should come under our roof, but what an unutterable privilege when he condescends to enter!
  祂来到我们的寒舍，我们本是不配，但祂却进入了，那是何等奇妙的恩宠啊！
• After that the blackness of unutterable night.
  在那以后，就是无法形容的漫长黑夜了。
• Unutterable pain, delight, boredom, relief, etc
  不可言状的痛苦、欢愉、厌倦、宽慰等
• He has passed through unutterable agonies.
  他已经历了有口难言的烦恼。
• I burned in the unutterable beauty of being alive ( John Peale Bishop) See Synonyms at unspeakable
  我燃烧于生活的无法表达的美妙之中（约翰皮尔毕晓普）参见
• At the sight of the unutterable passion of that look I could hardly contain myself.
  看见那种说不出的苦闷的神情，我简直控制不住自己了。
• But what from almost any point of view we find so difficult to understand is, the unutterable abasement of the Leaders of Israel, their moral suicide as regarded Israel's hope and spiritual existence.
  但是，从几乎任何角度来看我们发现很难理解的是，自卑的难言的以色列领导人，他们的道德自杀视为以色列的希望和精神的存在。