| 单词 | invisible |
| 释义 | invisibleWord family noun visibility ≠ invisibility adjective visible ≠ invisible adverb visibly ≠ invisibly in·vis·i·ble /ɪnˈvɪzəbəl/ ●●○ AWL adjectiveadj 1 SEEsomething that is invisible cannot be seen 看不见的 OPP visible The house was surrounded by trees, and invisible from the road. 这所房子树木环绕，从路上是看不见的。 invisible to The plane is meant to be invisible to radar. 这飞机在雷达上应该监测不到。 Using a telescope, Galileo discovered stars that were invisible to the naked eye. 伽利略用望远镜发现了肉眼看不到的恒星。 virtually/practically/almost etc invisible 几乎看不到 2 not noticed, or not talked about 未意识到的；避而不谈的；无形的 There’s an invisible barrier that keeps women out of top jobs. 女性想进入职场高层存在着无形的障碍。 3. invisible earnings/exports/trade etc BBBFmoney that is made from services and tourism rather than from products 无形收益/输出/贸易等 Examples from the Corpus invisible earnings/exports/trade etc• Moreover, the major source of under-recording on the balance of payments up to 1949 was invisible trade.• Such earnings are little appreciated outside the specialist areas of business such as finance and insurance which directly contribute to invisible earnings.• Trade gap narrows despite cut in invisible earnings.• On this basis, Britain was the world's biggest generator of invisible earnings, and has probably remained so this year.• This has been undesirable, but not of critical importance because our income from invisible exports has made good the difference.• There were probably invisible exports too: exports of technical skill and artistry, exports of medicine and magic. —invisibly adverbadv —invisibility /ɪnˌvɪzəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus invisible• Criminology, like crime control, tends to focus on males and marginalise females or render them invisible.• In fact, some of the most exciting transport architectures are invisible.• The gas is invisible but highly dangerous.• Word Perfect uses invisible codes for many different functions.• The pull of the invisible creature grew stronger.• Then he straightened and dusted invisible grains of dirt from the knees of his coveralls.• He nodded toward the distant ship. invisible in the darkness.• I stand up and begin to look for the invisible rung.• The space probe can photograph parts of the electronic spectrum that are invisible to the naked eye. virtually/practically/almost etc invisible• Galindo was left on the fringe of the sport, almost invisible.• Glover waited and then saw the man standing just inside the screen, almost invisible.• The ring is virtually invisible around the central cornea which is the critical area for clear vision.• The entrance to the Dark Cave is almost invisible but the chamber inside is large.• The downy chicks of terns and gulls are so patterned that they are almost invisible crouching on shingle.• A stream of laser light, almost invisible in the near-vacuum, played across the creature's head and glistening body.• Against their huge bulk, the pilgrims and mule toiling up the almost invisible pathways are tiny and humbled.• Outside the almost invisible windows, Earth and stars marched in a silent procession. |
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