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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is an unspeakable outrage and it cannot be allowed to happen.
  这是坏透了的恶行，不允许发生的。
• You are my unspeakable wound;
  你是我无法形容的伤口；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。