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inexplicable

adjective
🔊/ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl/
🔊/ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl/
Word Family
  • explain verb
  • explanation noun
  • explanatory adjective
  • explicable adjective (≠ inexplicable)
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  1. that cannot be understood or explained费解的；无法解释的 synonym incomprehensible
    • inexplicable behaviour令人费解的行为
    • For some inexplicable reason he gave up a fantastic job.由于某种莫名其妙的原因，他放弃了一份很不错的工作。🔊🔊
    opposite explicable
    Extra Examples
    • This theory makes sense of an otherwise inexplicable phenomenon.这一理论解释了一种其他任何理论无法解释的现象。
    • For some inexplicable reason her mind went completely blank.出于一种难以道明的缘由，她的脑子突然一片空白。
    • He was shocked at the sudden, inexplicable sense of loss he felt.突然产生莫名其妙的失落感让他感到震惊。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • remain
    • …
    adverb
    • completely
    • quite
    • totally
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin inexplicabilis ‘that cannot be unfolded’, from in- ‘not’ + explicabilis (from explicare, from ex- ‘out’ + plicare ‘to fold’).