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单词 inexplicable
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Definition of inexplicable in English:

inexplicable

adjective ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəb(ə)lˌɪnɛkˈsplɪkəb(ə)lɪnˈɛksplɪkəb(ə)lˌɪnɛkˈsplɪkəb(ə)l
  • Unable to be explained or accounted for.

    for some inexplicable reason her mind went completely blank
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I couldn't look at her face, flushed with complete bewilderment and even some inexplicable anger.
    • I was on the brink of tears for no reason other than the moment's inherent, inexplicable beauty.
    • He shrugs aside questions on the deeper reasons for his sudden and inexplicable departure.
    • This week's special guest may well be the person to explain the inexplicable.
    • For some inexplicable reason the DJ on the radio has decided that it would be a good idea to play the Happy Days theme song.
    • For some inexplicable reason, my improvised soundtracks don't go down well.
    • For some inexplicable reason, they have switched my account to a broadband one again.
    • For some inexplicable reason, they seem to grow better when planted in twos.
    • The inexplicable stays unexplained, and in the daylight that doesn't seem to be a problem.
    • Already this has been a tour where attempting to explain the inexplicable has become a parlour game.
    • Does the existence of something inexplicable make our own mind, our own mystery that much more special?
    • It is important, he explains, to find answers to what we currently find inexplicable.
    • Why contribute to collections of essays that try to explain the inexplicable?
    • How is it possible, that for whatever inexplicable reason these atrocities carry on?
    • To subjugate all paths to the proofs of Science is to neglect the irrational and inexplicable mysteries of Creation.
    • She said the offence was inexplicable and Williams was ashamed of what he had done.
    • She was aware that she was babbling, but for some inexplicable reason she was nervous.
    • Not only were expenses loosely accounted for, but there were a lot of inexplicable receipts.
    • The book became a hit thanks to Singh's gift for explaining the inexplicable.
    • For them, that idea is the undiscovered planet that explains otherwise inexplicable convictions.
    Synonyms
    unaccountable, unexplainable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrable, insoluble, unsolvable, baffling, puzzling, perplexing, mystifying, bewildering, mysterious, strange, weird, abstruse, enigmatic
    beyond comprehension, beyond understanding
    archaic wildering
    rare insolvable

Derivatives

  • inexplicability

  • noun ˌɪnɪkˌsplɪkəˈbɪlətiˌɪnɛkˌsplɪkəˈbɪlədi
    • The fundamental inexplicability of existence led Argento temporarily to abandon the giallo form for his next two features, Suspiria and Inferno.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And yet, within this enormity, hidden on every page is a small boy who opens his eyes to witness the inexplicability of human sorrow.
      • Here, the estranging inexplicability of the actual is most viscerally approached, not through any feeble attempt at representation, but through the bizarre allusiveness of the fictive.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French, or from Latin inexplicabilis 'that cannot be unfolded', from in- 'not' + explicabilis (see explicable).

 
 

Definition of inexplicable in US English:

inexplicable

adjectiveˌɪnɛkˈsplɪkəb(ə)lˌinekˈsplikəb(ə)l
  • Unable to be explained or accounted for.

    for some inexplicable reason her mind went completely blank
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For them, that idea is the undiscovered planet that explains otherwise inexplicable convictions.
    • I couldn't look at her face, flushed with complete bewilderment and even some inexplicable anger.
    • It is important, he explains, to find answers to what we currently find inexplicable.
    • To subjugate all paths to the proofs of Science is to neglect the irrational and inexplicable mysteries of Creation.
    • For some inexplicable reason the DJ on the radio has decided that it would be a good idea to play the Happy Days theme song.
    • This week's special guest may well be the person to explain the inexplicable.
    • Already this has been a tour where attempting to explain the inexplicable has become a parlour game.
    • The book became a hit thanks to Singh's gift for explaining the inexplicable.
    • She said the offence was inexplicable and Williams was ashamed of what he had done.
    • Not only were expenses loosely accounted for, but there were a lot of inexplicable receipts.
    • Does the existence of something inexplicable make our own mind, our own mystery that much more special?
    • For some inexplicable reason, my improvised soundtracks don't go down well.
    • Why contribute to collections of essays that try to explain the inexplicable?
    • How is it possible, that for whatever inexplicable reason these atrocities carry on?
    • I was on the brink of tears for no reason other than the moment's inherent, inexplicable beauty.
    • The inexplicable stays unexplained, and in the daylight that doesn't seem to be a problem.
    • She was aware that she was babbling, but for some inexplicable reason she was nervous.
    • For some inexplicable reason, they seem to grow better when planted in twos.
    • He shrugs aside questions on the deeper reasons for his sudden and inexplicable departure.
    • For some inexplicable reason, they have switched my account to a broadband one again.
    Synonyms
    unaccountable, unexplainable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrable, insoluble, unsolvable, baffling, puzzling, perplexing, mystifying, bewildering, mysterious, strange, weird, abstruse, enigmatic

Origin

Late Middle English: from French, or from Latin inexplicabilis ‘that cannot be unfolded’, from in- ‘not’ + explicabilis (see explicable).

 
 
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