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indecipherable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·de·ci·pher·a·ble /ˌɪndɪˈsaɪfərəbəl◂/ adjective  UNDERSTANDREADimpossible to read or understand 难以辨认的;难以理解的 SYN illegible an indecipherable signature 难以辨认的签名
Examples from the Corpus
indecipherableHis writing was tiny and indecipherable.He also kept extensive parliamentary diaries, of which six volumes survive, though his hand is nearly indecipherable.Hurriedly written sentences are very often indecipherable.I had no idea what my boss was ordering in rapid-fire requests to the busy chefs, and his translations were indecipherable.Thanks to a sound system that fails to function properly, Kevin's words of diseased warning and wisdom are indecipherable.Their conversation, on the move, is indecipherable at first.I received a blurred, indecipherable fax that didn't help at all.The language was foreign, the writing a cloud of indecipherable hieroglyphics.The painting had an indecipherable signature in the corner.The sketchbook and notebook pages for the day are almost indecipherable with rain drop splodges.
Corpus to understand read or impossible


indecipherable
indecipherable /ˌɪndɪˈsaɪfərəbəl◂/ adjective
impossible to read or understand
   SYN  illegible:
    an indecipherable signature


in·de·cipher·ableBrE /ˌɪndɪˈsaɪfrəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪndɪˈsaɪfrəbl/ 🔊 adjective(of writing or speech 文字或言语) impossible to read or understand 难以辨认(或弄懂)的