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单词 unfathomable
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Definition of unfathomable in English:

unfathomable

adjectiveʌnˈfað(ə)məb(ə)lˌənˈfæðəməb(ə)l
  • 1Incapable of being fully explored or understood.

    her grey eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That's something I've always found unfathomable.
    • Those in the back seat explored levels of cramp unfathomable before this trip.
    • It is unfathomable for the human mind to perceive a total void, bleak and empty to all meaning and organization.
    • The human toll in the devastating Iranian earthquake seems almost unfathomable.
    • His comments tended to be unfathomable at the best of times, but it may be for the best that his thoughts on this scrap between two of the Scotland's top four clubs are left unspoken.
    • Now an obscure Texan company has launched an equally unfathomable claim to royalties on the transmission of compressed digital images.
    • Christopher is mathematically gifted, but socially incapable, finding the simplest emotional empathy unfathomable.
    • In the troubled debate about the nature of evil, few crimes raise more difficult or unfathomable questions than those of child killers.
    • And we all know that, for some unfathomable reason that is not unconnected with human nature.
    • If we make our world in such an image then we must understand and not be surprised when our morality plummets to unfathomable levels.
    • Now, murder is almost unfathomable in its awfulness, and the effect that it has on anybody close to either the murderer or the victim is extremely complex and horrifying.
    • It is frenetic, expensive, sleazy, unfathomable.
    • Fatty stares at me, eyes an unfathomable sea of emotion.
    • This, he says, is one of my most unfathomable displays of emotion to date.
    • Compared to his other books, it doesn't do justice to his phenomenal writing skill and is almost completely unfathomable to those who have never read any of his work.
    • They do not have the same intricate inner workings of women and they are not unfathomable pools of emotions swirling effervescently in a bubbling turmoil of feelings and needs.
    • The consequences of human cloning remain unfathomable.
    • It is unfathomable to these people that the human race could evolve.
    • He had been so simple to understand, and her parents were unfathomable.
    Synonyms
    inscrutable, incomprehensible, enigmatic, incalculable, indecipherable, obscure, esoteric, abstruse, puzzling, cryptic, mysterious, mystifying, baffling, deep, profound, secretive
  • 2(of water or a natural feature) impossible to measure the extent of.

    mountains of unfathomable scale
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But the profound meaning it implies is as deep as the depth of the unfathomable ocean.
    • Some were merely deep enough to trip over; others plunged to unfathomable depths.
    • Chewing my lips, I looked over the pool edge again; the deep unfathomable blue sped up my pulse rate and made my head spin.
    Synonyms
    deep, immeasurable, fathomless, unfathomed, unplumbed, unplumbable, bottomless, unsounded, profound

Derivatives

  • unfathomableness

  • noun
  • unfathomably

  • adverb
    • Almost unfathomably, Eric the Eel was an instant crowd favourite.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But from ancient times to the present, great powers that expand globally often run into subnational tribes or clans who resist fiercely, even unfathomably.
 
 

Definition of unfathomable in US English:

unfathomable

adjectiveˌənˈfaT͟Həməb(ə)lˌənˈfæðəməb(ə)l
  • 1Incapable of being fully explored or understood.

    her gray eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is unfathomable for the human mind to perceive a total void, bleak and empty to all meaning and organization.
    • This, he says, is one of my most unfathomable displays of emotion to date.
    • The human toll in the devastating Iranian earthquake seems almost unfathomable.
    • Now, murder is almost unfathomable in its awfulness, and the effect that it has on anybody close to either the murderer or the victim is extremely complex and horrifying.
    • If we make our world in such an image then we must understand and not be surprised when our morality plummets to unfathomable levels.
    • It is unfathomable to these people that the human race could evolve.
    • The consequences of human cloning remain unfathomable.
    • Now an obscure Texan company has launched an equally unfathomable claim to royalties on the transmission of compressed digital images.
    • Compared to his other books, it doesn't do justice to his phenomenal writing skill and is almost completely unfathomable to those who have never read any of his work.
    • It is frenetic, expensive, sleazy, unfathomable.
    • That's something I've always found unfathomable.
    • His comments tended to be unfathomable at the best of times, but it may be for the best that his thoughts on this scrap between two of the Scotland's top four clubs are left unspoken.
    • Those in the back seat explored levels of cramp unfathomable before this trip.
    • They do not have the same intricate inner workings of women and they are not unfathomable pools of emotions swirling effervescently in a bubbling turmoil of feelings and needs.
    • And we all know that, for some unfathomable reason that is not unconnected with human nature.
    • Fatty stares at me, eyes an unfathomable sea of emotion.
    • He had been so simple to understand, and her parents were unfathomable.
    • In the troubled debate about the nature of evil, few crimes raise more difficult or unfathomable questions than those of child killers.
    • Christopher is mathematically gifted, but socially incapable, finding the simplest emotional empathy unfathomable.
    Synonyms
    inscrutable, incomprehensible, enigmatic, incalculable, indecipherable, obscure, esoteric, abstruse, puzzling, cryptic, mysterious, mystifying, baffling, deep, profound, secretive
  • 2(of water or a natural feature) impossible to measure the extent of.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some were merely deep enough to trip over; others plunged to unfathomable depths.
    • Chewing my lips, I looked over the pool edge again; the deep unfathomable blue sped up my pulse rate and made my head spin.
    • But the profound meaning it implies is as deep as the depth of the unfathomable ocean.
    Synonyms
    deep, immeasurable, fathomless, unfathomed, unplumbed, unplumbable, bottomless, unsounded, profound
 
 
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