单词 | inscrutable |
释义 | in·scru·ta·ble (ĭn-skrtə-bəl) adj. Difficult to understand or interpret; impenetrable: "that little creature, whose innocent life had sprung, by the inscrutable decree of Providence ... out of the rank luxuriance of a guilty passion" (Nathaniel Hawthorne). [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis : in-, not; see IN-1 + scrūtārī, to scrutinize; see SCRUTINY.] in·scru′ta·bili·ty n. in·scruta·bly adv. |
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