| 单词 | indistinguishable |
| 释义 | indistinguishable (once / 3845 pages) adj If you can't tell the difference between two things, they're indistinguishable — they appear the same. Although their parents can tell them apart, identical twins are indistinguishable to most people. It's easy to see which of two bills is worth twenty dollars and which is Monopoly money, but a professionally counterfeited bill is indistinguishable from a real one. One of the earliest uses of this word was by Shakespeare around 1600, when he gave it the meaning "of indeterminate shape." The definition evolved, first to "not clearly perceived," and then finally to "incapable of being told apart." WORD FAMILYindistinguishable: indistinguishability, indistinguishably+/distinguish: distinguishable, distinguished, distinguishes, distinguishing/distinguishable: distinguishably, indistinguishable, undistinguishable/distinguished: distinguishedly, undistinguished/undistinguishable: undistinguishably USAGE EXAMPLESFor the narrator, his daughter’s death and the end of the world are indistinguishable. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Maybe the Clinton picture represents a new brand of presidential portraiture, for a time when politics and entertainment are indivisible, heroes and rogues indistinguishable. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) One thing is indistinguishable between the eras—all the winning to start a season. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different they wore indistinguishable hats Syn identical same closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree 2adj not capable of being distinguished or differentiated the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable the twins were indistinguishable a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity Syn|Ant undistinguishable distinguishable capable of being perceived as different or distinct differentiablecapable of being perceived as different discriminablecapable of being discriminated |
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