| 单词 | incalculable |
| 释义 | incalculable (ɪnkælkjʊləbəl ) adjective Something that is incalculable cannot be calculated or estimated because it is so great. He warned that the effects of any war would be incalculable. This has done incalculable damage to his reputation. Synonyms: vast, enormous, immense, countless Collocations: almost incalculable The result has been a huge, almost incalculable benefit to public health. Times, Sunday Times (2016) That kind of information can provide almost incalculable benefits to countries wondering how to deploy resources and effort. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The destruction of life and resources these wars caused were so great as to be almost incalculable. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994) I think this war has done incalculable damage. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But it has also been a source of incalculable damage to a sport with too few human heroes. Times, Sunday Times (2009) And it will cause incalculable damage to morale. The Sun (2012) The 54-year-old describes her brush with cancer as a 'profound experience' that has underlined 'the incalculable value of holding close those who you love and trust'. Times, Sunday Times Later generations' enthusiasm for monetizing goods of incalculable value was 'the worm which has been gnawing at the insides of modern civilization'. The Times Literary Supplement He believed that those benighted and barbaric people had wasted the opportunity to improve land of incalculable value. The Times Literary Supplement They have proliferated because, in our market-driven culture, we insist on trying to quantify the unquantifiable, to nail the jelly of incalculable value to the wall of accountants' columns. The Times Literary Supplement They were of almost incalculable value to the public service. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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