inscrutability
inscrutability — 名詞
1. a quality of being extremely difficult to read or interpret, especially when a p
高深莫測
因不露情緒而難以理解的狀態
a quality of being extremely difficult to read or interpret, especially when a person's face and manner reveal nothing of their true thoughts
The old ambassador's inscrutability during the talks kept the journalists guessing about the outcome.
這位老大使在會談中高深莫測，讓記者們難以猜測結果。
possessive + inscrutability + during [event]
Roya found the inscrutability of the abstract painting both frustrating and fascinating.
Roya 覺得這幅抽象畫的高深莫測既令人沮喪又令人著迷。
the inscrutability of [object]
The detective could read nothing from the witness's inscrutability — each answer was utterly blank.
偵探無法突破目擊者面無表情的高深莫測——每個回答都是面無表情地說出。
An air of inscrutability hung around the ancient temple, making the tourists lower their voices.
一股高深莫測的氣氛籠罩著這座古老寺廟，讓遊客們不自覺壓低了聲音。
air of inscrutability around [place]
Caleb's inscrutability in meetings frustrated his colleagues, who could not tell if he agreed.
Caleb 在會議中高深莫測的態度讓同事們很困擾，他們看不出他是否同意。
- deliberate inscrutability
- air of inscrutability
- mask of inscrutability
- inscrutability of [someone/something]
- mysteriousness
less formal, broader — can describe anything hard to explain, not just hidden feelings
- opacity
more metaphorical — suggests a deliberate lack of transparency
- impenetrability
more emphatic — suggests something is completely impossible to understand
- transparency
the quality of being open and easy to read; opposite of hidden thoughts
- clarity
the quality of being clear and easy to understand
文法句型
the inscrutability of [noun]
[possessive] inscrutability
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable; appears most naturally with a possessive ('his inscrutability', 'the witness's inscrutability') or in the pattern 'the inscrutability of [noun]'. Typically used of people, their expressions, or of texts and artworks that resist easy interpretation.
常見錯誤
同根字
- inscrutable形容詞C2
- inscrutably副詞C2