unthinkable 英 [ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl]   美 [ʌn'θɪŋkəbl]

unthinkable

unthinkable  英 [ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl] 美 [ʌn'θɪŋkəbl]

adj. 不能想象的;过分的 

But every day, the unthinkable seems to be happening in the news world. 但在新闻世界中,这种不可想象的事情似乎每天都在发生。
So is a failure to raise the debt ceiling unthinkable? Not at all. 那么,债务上限得不到提高,这种事情难以想象吗?错。

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  • adj. 不能想象的;过分的
  • 1. But every day, the unthinkable seems to be happening in the news world.

    但在新闻世界中,这种不可想象的事情似乎每天都在发生。

  • 2. So is a failure to raise the debt ceiling unthinkable? Not at all.

    那么,债务上限得不到提高,这种事情难以想象吗?错。

  • unthinkable (adj.) early 15c., "too large to be conceived, unimaginable," from un- (1) "not" + think (v.) + -able. Meaning "incapable of being framed by thought" is recorded from mid-15c.
un·think·able / ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl ; NAmE ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl / adjective unthinkable(for sb) (to do sth) | unthinkable(that…) impossible to imagine or accept 难以想像的;不可思议的;难以置信的 SYN inconceivable It was unthinkable that she could be dead. 她竟然去世了,真是很难相信。 OPP thinkable the un·think·able / ; NAmE / noun [singular ] Suddenly the unthinkable happened and he drew out a gun. 突然,难以相信的事情发生了,他拔出了手枪。 The time has come to think the unthinkable (= consider possibilities that used to be unacceptable). 现在该开始考虑以前不予考虑的事情了。 un·think·able / ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl ; NAmE ʌnˈθɪŋkəbl / the un·think·able / ; NAmE /
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