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单词 unthinkable
释义
unthinkable
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈθɪŋ.kə.bəl/us
/ʌnˈθɪŋ.kə.bəl/
C1
soshockingthat it cannot beimaginedaspossible:
难以想象的，不可思议的
Today, weseegrowingacceptanceofgaymarriage- something that would have been unthinkable agenerationago.今天我们对同性婚姻的接受程度越来越高，在上一代的时候这是难以想象的事。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not believable
  • (that's) a likely story!idiom
  • belief
  • by no stretch (of the imagination)idiom
  • fanciful
  • fancifully
  • far-fetched
  • I must be hearing thingsidiom
  • implausibility
  • implausible
  • implausibly
  • incredible
  • incredibly
  • joke
  • pass
  • too good to be trueidiom
  • unbelievable
  • unbelievably
  • unconvincing
  • wash
  • weak
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the unthinkable

idiom
anunthinkableeventorsituation:
难以想象的事件（或局面）
Theunthinkablehadhappened- hissecretactivitieshad beendiscoveredby thepress.难以想象的事发生了——他的秘密活动被新闻界发现了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not believable
  • (that's) a likely story!idiom
  • belief
  • by no stretch (of the imagination)idiom
  • fanciful
  • fancifully
  • far-fetched
  • I must be hearing thingsidiom
  • implausibility
  • implausible
  • implausibly
  • incredible
  • incredibly
  • joke
  • pass
  • too good to be trueidiom
  • unbelievable
  • unbelievably
  • unconvincing
  • wash
  • weak
See more results »
(Definition ofunthinkablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unthinkable| American Dictionary

unthinkable
adjective
us
/ʌnˈθɪŋ·kə·bəl/
tooshockingorunlikelyto beimaginedaspossible:
Aworldwithoutmusicwould be unthinkable.

the unthinkable

idiom
something that is veryunlikelyorundesirable:
The president’scardid the unthinkable – itstoppedat aredlight.
(Definition ofunthinkablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunthinkable

unthinkable
To have abandoned such a long-standing project at such an advanced age wasunthinkableand unrealistic.
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Surely theunthinkablethought has become so explicit, there is no possibility of using more clichés or searchlight devices; the usual remedies have run out.
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Certainly such correspondence isunthinkablewithout any notion of a formal grammar.
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Most worrisome, he sees thoughts he considersunthinkable.
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Compared with these figures, a target of 10 billion dollars was almostunthinkable.
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Such comment would have beenunthinkablebefore 1784, and the journal evidently had the protection of the liberal reformers in government.
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Such studies would now beunthinkable, but it is difficult to see how else the results could have been obtained at that time.
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The category of adjectives for example will admit new members fairly quickly, whereas the creation of new determiners is highly rare if notunthinkable.
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Thus, such strikes are ethically more problematic, even if not entirelyunthinkable.
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Maintaining the policy in face of previouslyunthinkablelevels of unemployment became a test of" resolute leadership".
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He has always been ready to think theunthinkable.
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In neither film does the dutiful son even consider raising his hand in self-defense or-unthinkable-in aggression.
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Giving an economic cast to ideas previously advocated on other grounds could reshuffle the deck of national politics, making possible transformations in policy otherwiseunthinkable.
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Without such organization, the organism wasunthinkableas an elementary one.
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Today, an exhibit of this sort would beunthinkable, except, possibly in a children's section.
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