ineffable是什么意思？

ineffable

英[ɪnˈefəbl] 美[ɪnˈɛfəbəl]

• adj. 妙不可言的，不可言喻的，（尤指某些宗教中神的名字）因神圣而不容称呼的，须避讳的；

例句

• They threw this eager vitality of theirs into a vehement striving after the ineffable. 他们把他们的这种热烈的精力都投入了对一种无法表达的事物的强烈追求.
• The terror had at long intervals given place to a feeling of an almost ineffable sweetness. 这种胆战心惊的感觉就偶尔让位给一种简直说不出的甜蜜的感觉了.
• The beauty of a sunset is ineffable. 日落的美是难以形容的.
• ...the ineffable sadness of many of the portraits. 许多肖像流露出的难以形容的悲伤

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  言语难以表达的;不可言喻的
  You use ineffable to say that something is so great or extreme that it cannot be described in words.
  例句
  ...the ineffable sadness of many of the portraits. 许多肖像流露出的难以形容的悲伤

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  妙不可言的, 不可言喻的
  The beauty of a sunset is ineffable. 日落的美是难以形容的。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. defying expression or description;
  "indefinable yearnings""indescribable beauty""ineffable ecstasy""inexpressible anguish""unspeakable happiness""unutterable contempt""a thing of untellable splendor"
  2. too sacred to be uttered;
  "the ineffable name of the Deity"