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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The boundary is not clearly defined. This borderline is indefinable. definite but not specified or identified.
  有明确的界限但没有确定、识别。
• The author intended to create text full of sensorial stimulus, to demonstrate the indefinable movements of characters, like the reactions of plants evoked from the forces of Nature.
  第一章探讨《向性》一书里，作者透过文章结构、词汇布置出一个充满刺激物的文字空间启动人类的五种感官，进而观察人物微妙的心理活动转化。
• An indefinable sadness had come over Huei-fang these last few days.
  四小姐这无名的惆怅也是最近三四天内才有的。
• There was something indefinable in her eyes
  她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。
• Every now and then, an actor or actress manages to somehow channel the vitality of youth& that indefinable, natural, unprocessed glamour full of possibility and filled with anticipation for an endless future, Baz said of the 23-year-old blonde beauty.
  总有这样子的一些演员，他们能唤醒年轻人的活力，他们充满着自然和未经雕琢的魔力，前途不可限量。Baz这样评价这位23岁的金发美女。
• She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.
  她缺少那种难以形容的软弱的媚态。
• 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。