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。
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。
- 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.