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单词 ineffable
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ineffable/inʹefəbl/ adj

too great or intense to be expressed; inexpressible

At Oxford he distinguished himself, to his father's ineffable satisfaction — Henry James

unspeakable

What ineffable twaddle! — Conan Doyle

too sacred to be uttered

His ineffable effable effanineffable deep and inscrutable singular name — T S Eliot

ineffability /-ʹbiliti/ noun
ineffably adv
[Middle English via French from Latin ineffabilis, from in-1 + effabilis capable of being expressed, from effari to speak out, from ex-1 + fari to speak]
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