imponderable
imponderable 英 [ɪmˈpɒndərəbl] 美 [ɪmˈpɑndərəbl]
adj. 无重量的;无法计算的 n. 无法衡量的事物
名词复数:imponderables
- Imponderable describes a situation that isn't able to be completely explained. "What is the meaning of life?" is one of those imponderable questions that defies humans' ability for understanding
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- adj. 无重量的;无法计算的
- n. 无法衡量的事物
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1. Nobody in their right mind can believe such a thing given the facts on the ground, or given these weighty and imponderable philosophical dilemmas.
没有人在他们正常的思维里能够相信世界上这样一个真实的事情,或者说被赋予那些有重量的和毫无重量哲学的困惑。
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2. Nobody in their right mind can believe such a thing given the facts on the ground, or given these weighty and imponderable philosophical dilemmas. It's naïve.
没有人在他们正常的思维里能够相信世界上这样一个真实的事情,或者说被赋予那些有重量的和毫无重量哲学的困惑。
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3. There can never be a definitive version of a myth, because it refers to the more imponderable aspects of life.
一个神话永远不可能有一个最终版本,因为它涉及到生命中更加无法估量的各个方面。
- imponderable (adj.) 1794, "weightless," from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + ponderable (see ponder). Figurative use, "unthinkable," from 1814. As a noun from 1829, originally meaning heat, light, electricity, etc., as having no weight. Related: Imponderably; imponderability. Imponderous is attested from 1640s as "without weight." Imponderabilia "unthinkable things collectively" is attested from 1835.
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