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单词 unspeakable
释义
unspeakable
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈspiː.kə.bəl/us
/ʌnˈspiː.kə.bəl/
toobadorshockingto beexpressedin words:
不堪入耳的；难以说出口的；无法用言语形容的
unspeakablecrimes极其残忍的罪行
Noreportcanconveythe unspeakablesufferingthat thiswarhascaused.这场战争所造成的痛苦无法形容，没有甚么报道能够传达出来。
Thestenchcoming from thetoiletswas unspeakable.从卫生间散发出来的气味臭不可闻。
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unspeakably
(Definition ofunspeakablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unspeakable| American Dictionary

unspeakable
adjective
us
/ʌnˈspi·kə·bəl/
toobadorshockingto bedescribedorexpressed:
unspeakablecrimes
(Definition ofunspeakablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunspeakable

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Despite her longevity, however, she never recovered from theunspeakablehorror of the events forty years earlier.
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He asserts the human need to sing, recognising that music permits expression of theunspeakable.
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And this is 'correlative to identification with a sinthome',111 someunspeakable, obscene signifier where jouissance makes itself felt in the symbolic order.
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If laws are used to govern them too severely, there will beunspeakabledifficulties; and if too leniently, violations are bound to be very numerous.
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He committed acts ofunspeakableviolence, but at the same time commanded a large and loyal following.
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This is a situation in which theunspeakablebecomes speakable.
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Progressing from fright to hardness to fatalism in the face ofunspeakablehorrors, her letters are the products of mature observation and analysis.
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It is an act ofunspeakableviolence to break these terms apart.
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In mobilising a society with the signs of resurrection or eternal life, often to acts ofunspeakableviolence, the nation lends to the profane a sacred status.
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If the detainee is put under duress, we hope that he will give us full details and that - as a consequence - we will be able to avoid anunspeakabletragedy.
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Silence may be indicative of theunspeakable.
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The taboo is theunspeakable, absent, invisible.
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Above all, they will share many of the sentiments expressed, and many will marvel, somewhat wistfully, at the rap star's ability to sing theunspeakablein such clear, melodic tones.
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It is not aimed at the people who committed those monstrous atrocities, which everybody with a sense of decency must view withunspeakableanger.
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We also know of theunspeakableatrocities being perpetrated by his regime.
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