1. so unclear or strange that you cannot make sense of it, even after trying — for
1.形容詞C1
釋義
難以理解的
再怎麼讀或聽都看不懂的
so unclear or strange that you cannot make sense of it, even after trying — for example, a thick legal document, a friend's sudden anger, or instructions written in a language you do not know.
例句
The terms of the insurance contract were incomprehensible to Baraka without a lawyer's help.
那份保險合約的條款,Baraka 沒有律師協助根本看不懂。
incomprehensible to [someone] pattern
Dewi found the maths professor's lecture on quantum physics completely incomprehensible.
Dewi 覺得那位數學教授講的量子物理完全聽不懂。
Why Esme suddenly quit her dream job remains incomprehensible to her closest friends.
Esme 為什麼突然辭掉夢想中的工作,她最好的朋友們到現在還想不通。
subject = clausal (Why X did Y)
The handwritten notes in the old diary were almost incomprehensible after a hundred years.
那本舊日記裡的手寫筆記,經過一百年後幾乎已經難以辨認。
Feng's shouts over the loud music were incomprehensible to the waiter taking his order.
Feng 在吵雜的音樂聲中大喊,服務生根本聽不清他點什麼。
common adverb: completely / almost / totally + incomprehensible
Frequently followed by 'to [someone]' naming who fails to understand. Subjects are commonly abstract — speech, writing, decisions, behaviour — rather than physical objects.
常見錯誤
The book was incomprehensible for me.
The book was incomprehensible to me.
use the preposition 'to', not 'for', when naming who cannot understand.