indefinable

英 [ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbl]

美 [ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbl]

adj.  难以定义的; 无法解释的

复数：indefinables　

TEM8

BNC.21190 / COCA.26368

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以定义的；无法解释的
  difficult or impossible to define or explain
  1. She has that indefinable something that makes an actress a star.
     她具备了那种使演员成为明星的说不出的特质。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 难以确切表达的;难以确定的;模糊不清的
  Anindefinablequality or feeling cannot easily be described.
  1. There was something indefinable in her eyes...
     她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。
  2. His head felt lighter in some indefinable way.
     他的头不知为何有点晕眩。

英英释义

adj

• not capable of being precisely or readily described
  1. an indefinable feeling of terror
  2. an abstract concept that seems indefinable
  Synonym:undefinable
• 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:indescribableineffableunspeakableuntellableunutterable

双语例句

• The role of the manager is inherently general, variable, and indefinable.
  经理人的角色本来就是不断变化且难以描述的。
• A strange exaltation that was indefinable; a strange fantastical mind; what a strange sense of humor she has.
  不确定的异常兴奋；异常的空想；她的幽默感是多么不同寻常。
• An indefinable sadness had come over Huei-fang these last few days.
  四小姐这无名的惆怅也是最近三四天内才有的。
• The indefinable pleasures that a bookshop supplies.
  书店给人的难以言喻的乐趣。
• The author intended to create text full of sensorial stimulus, to demonstrate the indefinable movements of characters, like the reactions of plants evoked from the forces of Nature.
  第一章探讨《向性》一书里，作者透过文章结构、词汇布置出一个充满刺激物的文字空间启动人类的五种感官，进而观察人物微妙的心理活动转化。
• The mode of expression_r, the tone and modulation of the voice, the choice of words, and certain other indefinable things distinguish him.
  表达的方式、音调的转换、遣词造句以及某种难以言表的东西会让他们与众不同。
• Both bore languidly the indefinable burden of immaterial pleasures.
  他俩昏昏沉沉地承受着这种非物质的快感的无限重压。
• It WAS the quality of it, the repose, and the musical modulation-the soft, rich, indefinable product of culture and a gentle soul.
  他爱恋她声音的悦耳、平和与它那动人的起伏&那是文化教养与高雅的灵魂的流露，柔和丰富得难以描述。
• What film can do as well as any essay is to convey indefinable foreboding, the feeling that something is somehow wrong.
  与任何小品文一样，电影所能做的是传达一种莫名的预感，一种有什么地方似乎不对劲的感觉。
• There was something indefinable in her eyes
  她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。