incomprehensible

IPA/ɪnˌkɒmprɪˈhensəbl/
KK[ˌɪŋkˌɑmprəhˈɛnsɪbəl]IPA/ɪnˌkɑːmprɪˈhensəbl/

incomprehensible — 形容詞

  • incomprehensiblepositive
  • more incomprehensiblecomparative
  • most incomprehensiblesuperlative

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。

常見搭配
  • completely incomprehensible
  • almost incomprehensible
  • totally incomprehensible
  • utterly incomprehensible
  • incomprehensible to [someone]
同義詞
  • unintelligible

    near-synonym; emphasises speech or writing that cannot be deciphered

  • baffling

    puzzling rather than impossible to grasp; softer

  • impenetrable

    stronger; suggests dense or deliberately obscure material

反義詞
  • comprehensible

    the direct opposite — able to be understood

  • clear

    everyday opposite; covers both speech and writing

文法句型

incomprehensible to [someone]

用法筆記

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.

同根字

常見搭配

常用片語

  • for some reason incomprehensible to [someone]

介系詞搭配