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 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。
• They immersed into my childhood life and made me keep the close distance and indefinable secret love to the country.
  她们浸香了我的童年，并使我和乡村一直保持着贴心的距离与莫名的暗恋。
• Shi Jing ( below as Shi): I was influenced by progressivism, and I wanted to make something that was indefinable.
  史晶（以下简称史）：当时是受到进步论的影响，就是想做出一种无法界定的东西。
• 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。
• Chinese contemporary art'is being formed and constructed by various enthusiasm and desires in China and overseas, but it is after all impalpable and indefinable.
  “中国当代艺术”在海外和本土正在被各种热情、欲望塑造着，但始终是不可捉摸、不可定义。
• No sunset so beautiful that it does not waken the vision of a greater beauty, a vision which passes before it is fully glimpsed, and in passing leaves and indefinable longing and regret.
  美丽的落日总会引起一个更加绚丽的景象未及饱览便一闪即逝，并在消逝中给人留下不可名状的渴望和惆怅。
• The first saw film as a useful tool for capturing and documenting the inherently indefinable concept of motion.
  第一为捕获并且记录运动的内在地难下定义的概念作为一个有用工具看了电影。
• All at once, she experienced that indefinable impression which one undergoes when there is some one standing behind one, even when she does not see the person.
  她忽然有一种说不出的感觉：在自己背后立着一个人，即使不看，也能感到。
• And in passing leaves an indefinable longing and regret.
  并在消逝中给人留下了不可名状的渴望和惆怅。
• There was something indefinable in her eyes
  她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。