Inconceivable

(a.) Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion.

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• It is inconceivable that this fellow could have made two such vindictive enemies as these appear to be without knowing of it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He was so firm, and shapely, with such satisfying, inconceivable shapeliness, strange, yet unutterably clear. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• To the matter-of-fact Aristotle, and probably to most practical men, its abolition was inconceivable. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Some weeks before this period I had procured a sledge and dogs, and thus traversed the snows with inconceivable speed. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Or, assuming it to be false, could the conclusion which associated Sir Percival with her guilt have been founded in some inconceivable error? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But this is inconceivable--impossible. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• A sort of passionate honesty in her made it inconceivable that he should try to draw her into that familiar trap. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• If there are, they must be of an inconceivable greatness. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But such things were inconceivable in New York, and unsettling to think of. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The bottle was full of it, and it is inconceivable that the first two glasses were clear and the third heavily charged with it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• At the mere thought of Mrs Higden in this inconceivable affliction, Mr Sloppy's countenance became pale, and manifested the most distressful emotions. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• My mind, with inconceivable rapidity followed out all the consequences of such a death. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• O inconceivable height of beauty, which is above knowledge and above truth! 柏拉图. 理想国.
• These fellows dared not have acted with such inconceivable impudence, had they not been supported by some strong bands. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Computations based upon this experiment show that the earth receives daily from the sun the equivalent of 341,000,000,000 horse power--an amount inconceivable to the human mind. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The mischief such a man does on an estate, both as to the credit of his employer and the welfare of the poor, is inconceivable. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• It is inconceivable that it could have been made. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• To begin with the examination of motion; it is evident this is a quality altogether inconceivable alone, and without a reference to some other object. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Finally, the thought of the Greeks was hampered by a want of knowledge that is almost inconceivable to us to-day. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is inconceivable, for example, that this ivy and this lawn would have yielded nothing to an expert observer. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• At that--at the complete unexpectedness and the inconceivable audacity of it--Lily could not restrain the tribute of an astonished laugh. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• His conduct, under the circumstances, was so utterly inconceivable, that I stood bewildered with my hand in his. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He had told her the most extraordinary, the most inconceivable, the most unwelcome news; and she could think of nothing else. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He was pacing the garden: his passions were in a state of inconceivable turbulence. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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