网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 unconscionable
释义
unconscionable
adjective
formaldisapproving
uk
/ʌnˈkɒn.ʃən.ə.bəl/us
/ʌnˈkɑːn.ʃən.ə.bəl/
morallyunacceptable:
道德上不可接受的
To makepeoplefeelshameorguiltfor beingillis unconscionable.让人们因为生病而感到羞耻和负疚是不道德的。
This unconscionablepolicywillcausegreatsuffering.这一政策在道义上令人无法接受，一定会带来巨大的痛苦。
mainlyUK
unacceptablygreatinamount:
（尺寸、数量或时间）过大的，过多的，过长的
Afterwaitingfor an unconscionableamountoftime, we were told to come backlater.在漫长的等待之后，我们被告知以后再来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Morally wrong and evil
  • abhorrent
  • amoral
  • amorality
  • anomie
  • antichrist
  • disgrace
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dissolutely
  • dissoluteness
  • no goodidiom
  • no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
  • non-ethical
  • obscene
  • obscenely
  • trespass
  • turpitude
  • unconscionably
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Too much and unnecessary

Related word

unconscionably
(Definition ofunconscionablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unconscionable| American Dictionary

unconscionable
adjective
us
/ʌnˈkɑn·tə·nə·bəl/
unacceptablebecause of being tooextreme:
It is unconscionable to say that somekidsdon’tdeserveaneducation.
(Definition ofunconscionablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunconscionable

unconscionable
If you had only a moderate amount of mutton chop for yourself it would not beunconscionableto charge a very high interest.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There have been cases in which there have beenunconscionabledelays by planning authorities.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have often said that the commitment to a funded index-linked scheme will cost anunconscionableamount of money.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I can hardly agree that there has been anunconscionabledelay.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Not only have they nothing to fear, but it should assist them in their calling, in getting rid ofunconscionablepeople.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not see that that is a harsh orunconscionablerequirement on someone who is the partner of an asylum seeker.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is not this a case of another working party which is taking anunconscionabletime?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Projects that took a few months to decide in the 1950s are taking anunconscionabletime to decide now, and that must he stopped.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Whatunconscionablething has he done to lose the benefit of the 15-year cut-off?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We do not look upon tolerance as anunconscionablehindrance but rather as the greatest good.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He is there, and he will probably not agree to pay anunconscionableamount.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am always assuming that this is a bargain where there is nothing harsh andunconscionable.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
My second point is that the new station which is being built appears to be anunconscionabletime in coming.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Three years is anunconscionabletime to keep these officers prisoners of war and then to produce this kind of evidence against them.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
You would not be better off, but you would haveunconscionabledelay, and the whole thing would be held up more than it is to-day.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/unconscionable##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 13:21:24