1ADJ [usually verb-link ADJ]匪夷所思的;不可思议的;难以想象的 If you say that something is unthinkable, you are emphasizing that it cannot possibly be accepted or imagined as a possibility. 匪夷所思的;不可思议的;难以想象的 [emphasis]
Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable.
The unthinkable is something that is unthinkable.匪夷所思的事情;不可思议的事情
Edward VIII had done the unthinkable and abdicated the throne.
爱德华八世竟主动逊位,真是匪夷所思。
2ADJ 匪夷所思的;难以想象的;不堪设想的 You can use unthinkable to describe a situation, event, or action which is extremely unpleasant to imagine or remember. 匪夷所思的;难以想象的;不堪设想的
This place is going to be unthinkable without you.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, seem不可思議;好像難以想像▸➤make sth使⋯不可想像▸➤consider sth認為⋯不可想像◇This would have been considered unthinkable only a decade ago.就在 10 年前這會被認為是不可思議的事。ADVERB➤absolutely, completely, literally, quite, simply完全不可思議;相當難以想像;簡直難以想像▸➤almost, nearly, practically, virtually幾乎不可思議;確實難以想像▸➤hitherto, previously迄今難以想像;以前不能想像◇A hitherto unthinkable question was asked.有人提出一個迄今不可思議的問題。➤politically政治上無法想像PREPOSITION➤for對於⋯不可思議◇It's unthinkable for something like this to happen.能發生這種事簡直不可思議。➤to對⋯來說不可思議◇This course of action would have been unthinkable to the generals.對將軍們來說,這一行動方案是不可思議的。