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unfathomable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·fath·om·a·ble /ʌnˈfæðəməbəl/ adjective literary  MYSTERIOUStoo strange or mysterious to be understood 莫测高深的,难以理解的
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unfathomableHis expression was shuttered again, unfathomable.His glance at her was unfathomable.Whitton's and Fitzormonde's deaths at the Tower were still as unfathomable as ever.The persistence of the image is as unfathomable as the alleged attributes of the people of the Celestial Empire themselves.Night was the child of Chaos and so was Erebus, which is the unfathomable depth where death dwells.They are a rigorous mystery, governed by unfathomable equations.the unfathomable mysteries of human natureThe Liang family had passed those years in a strange, unfathomable netherworld.They are unfathomable only to those who believe pax moderna to be the sole rational arrangement.
understood or too Corpus strange be to mysterious


unfathomable
unfathomable /ʌnˈfæðəməbəl/ adjective literary
too strange or mysterious to be understood


un·fath·om·ableBrE /ʌnˈfæðəməbl/ 🔊NAmE /ʌnˈfæðəməbl/ 🔊 adjective (formal) too strange or difficult to be understood 难以理解的;莫测高深的an unfathomable mystery难以解释的奥秘if sb has an unfathomable expression, it is impossible to know what they are thinking (表情)难以琢磨的,微妙的