unspeakably
unspeakably — 副詞
1. so badly or so shockingly that words are not enough to describe it.
難以言喻地
程度極端,多指糟到無法用言語形容
so badly or so shockingly that words are not enough to describe it.
The bathroom at the bus station was unspeakably filthy, so Romi waited outside.
巴士站的廁所髒得難以言喻,所以 Romi 在外面等。
unspeakably + adjective: a quality too bad to describe
Élise felt unspeakably sad when her old dog finally stopped eating.
Élise 的老狗終於不再進食時,她難過得難以言喻。
unspeakably + adjective of feeling
The villagers suffered unspeakably during the long war, losing homes and families.
村民在漫長的戰爭中承受了難以言喻的苦難,失去了家園與親人。
verb + unspeakably: suffering beyond description
Yael's landlord was unspeakably rude to the tired delivery driver.
Yael 的房東對疲憊的外送員無禮得難以言喻。
Andrés said the way the guards treated the prisoners was unspeakably cruel.
Andrés 說,警衛對待囚犯的方式殘酷得難以言喻。
after a reporting verb: judging behaviour as unspeakably cruel
- unspeakably dirty
- unspeakably cruel
- indescribably
very close in meaning; stresses that no description is possible
- ineffably
also means beyond what words can express
- unutterably
also means to a degree that cannot be put into words
文法句型
unspeakably + adjective
用法筆記
Mostly placed before a negative adjective ('unspeakably dirty', 'unspeakably cruel') to say that the quality is too extreme to put into words.