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基本英英词源记法近义反义例句Thesaurus例句
n.无法估量的事物³⁰adj.无重量的²⁸;无法计算的²⁸;不可估价的¹⁴复数imponderables副词imponderably名词imponderability
数学测量重要
Noun:
a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed;human behavior depends on many imponderables
Adjective:
difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision;such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility im-,不，非，ponderable,可衡量的，可估量的。钱博士im不+ponder重量，转作动词表示称重、估算+able能够被…的→难以估算的⇒难以估算的事物
词根pond-/ponder-重量来自拉丁语，派生自词根pend-悬垂，沉重。末尾的-er由拉丁语名词词尾-us变化而来，故有时候会脱落。GRE红宝书ponderv 沉思; 考虑
im 不 + pound 磅，指重量，无法衡量重量的
im不+ponder重量 +able→没法测量重量的im不+ponder重量，转作动词表示称重、估算+able能够被…的→难以估算的⇒难以估算的事物。GRE难词记忆imponderable→im否定+ponderable a.可以衡量的→无法衡量的GRE难词记忆ponderable→ponder=to weigh 衡量+able→可以衡量的词根记忆im不+ ponder重量+ able ⇒没法测量重量的GRE难词记忆ponder→pond=weight 重量+er→衡量近义词 paradox悖论elusive难懂的unknown未知的mystery谜，神秘invisible看不见的inestimable无价的uncertainty不确定incalculable不可数的enigma难以理解的事物…immeasurable不可计量的unquantifiable不可测量的indeterminable不能决定的反义词 ponderable可秤的
形容词73%,名词27%
用作名词We can't predict the outcome. There are too manyimponderables.我们无法预测结果。难以逆料的情况太多了。用作形容词The effect of his new method isimponderable.他的新方法所起的作用是无法正确估计的。
Our resources in technical knowledge areimponderable.我们的技术知识资源是无法估量的。
Ourimponderableresources in knowledge are constantly growing and are inexhaustible.我们无法估量的知识资源是不断发展永不枯竭的。adj.imperceptible
同义词 ephemeral,fine,gradual,infinitesimal,intangible,minute,slight,smallevanescent,impalpable,inappreciable,inaudible,inconsiderable,inconspicuous,indiscernible,indistinct,indistinguishable,insensible,insignificant,invisible,microscopic,momentary,shadowy,subtle,tiny,trivial,undetectable,unnoticeable,unobservable,vague
反义词 big,huge,important,large,rough,significant,substantial,thick
elusiveadjective evasive, mysterious
ambiguous,baffling,cagey,deceitful,deceptive,difficult to catch,elusory,equivocal,evanescent,fallacious,fleeting,fraudulent,fugacious,fugitive,greasy,illusory,incomprehensible,indefinable,insubstantial,intangible,misleading,occult,phantom,puzzling,shifty,shy,slippery,stonewalling,subtle,transient,transitory,tricky,unspecific,volatile
immaterialadjective not existing in physical form
aerial,airy,apparitional,asomatous,bodiless,celestial,disbodied,discarnate,disembodied,dreamlike,dreamy,ethereal,ghostly,heavenly,impalpable,imponderable,incorporate,incorporeal,insensible,intangible,metaphysical,nonmaterial,nonphysical,psychic,shadowy,spectral,spiritlike,spiritual,subjective,supernatural,unearthly,unembodied,unfleshly,unsubstantial,unworldly,wraithlike
impalpableadjective intangible, unsubstantial
airy,delicate,disembodied,fine,imperceptible,imponderable,imprecise,inappreciable,incorporeal,indiscernible,indistinct,insensible,insubstantial,nebulous,shadowy,tenuous,thin,unapparent,unobservable,unperceivable,vague
imperceptibleadjective hard to sense;faint
ephemeral,evanescent,fine,gradual,impalpable,imponderable,inappreciable,inaudible,inconsiderable,inconspicuous,indiscernible,indistinct,indistinguishable,infinitesimal,insensible,insignificant,invisible,microscopic,minute,momentary,shadowy,slight,small,subtle,tiny,trivial,undetectable,unnoticeable,vague
inappreciableadjective imperceptible
ephemeral,evanescent,fine,gradual,impalpable,imponderable,inaudible,inconsiderable,inconspicuous,indiscernible,indistinct,indistinguishable,infinitesimal,insensible,insignificant,intangible,invisible,microscopic,minute,momentary,shadowy,slight,small,subtle,tiny,trivial,undetectable,unnoticeable,unobservable,vague
insubstantialadjective weak, imaginary
aerial,airy,chimerical,decrepit,ephemeral,false,fanciful,feeble,flimsy,fly-by-night,fragile,frail,idle,illusory,immaterial,imponderable,incorporeal,infirm,intangible,metaphysical,petty,poor,puny,slender,slight,tenuous,thin,too little too late,unreal,unsound,unsubstantial And then there is the ever- present imponderable: the possible need, at some point, to finance the horrendous costs of reunification with destitute North Korea when that state collapses.
至此，还有一个始终存在，却难以估量的问题：在某一时间点，当朝鲜政府垮台，与这个赤贫的国家统一所需要的巨额的资金。 yeeyan
The central moral imponderable with regard to China is the middle class, which up to now has seemed content to trade political freedom for rising incomes and stability.
关于神州，最不可预料的是中产阶级，他们似乎满足于拿政治自由去交换收益的增长和稳定。 czljmetal
There can never be a definitive version of a myth, because it refers to the more imponderable aspects of life.
一个神话永远不可能有一个最终版本，因为它涉及到生命中更加无法估量的各个方面。 yeeyan
Ye Nan born1984 in Hangzhou engages us directly with great, sometimes imponderable questions.
叶楠1984年出生于杭州喜欢直接探讨一些宏观问题。 chambersfineart.com
Another imponderable is the behaviour of the many investors with shares in funds that track the price of oil or other commodities.
很多投资者把钱投在一个跟踪油价和其他期货价格的基金。另一个无法估计的因素就在于这些投资者的行为。 ecocn
From its imponderable monastery, Savoca spreads out along a mountain ridge. Every now and then, bits of it tumble off the precipice into the valley below as happened to the church in1880.
塞弗卡从这家无价的修道院开始沿着山脊铺开，不时有些地方从山崖跌落至山谷，如那家建于1880年的教堂。 yeeyan
Her contribution to the formation and development of modern dance is tremendous, imponderable and unmatchable.
她对现代舞的形成与发展所做的贡献是巨大的、不可估量的，无人能与之比肩的。 boshuo
If the economy is governed by historical happenstance, not timeless laws, and subject to imponderable contingencies, not calculable risks, then the economist may have precious little to say.
如果经济取决于历史的巧合，而不是永恒的规律；如果经济受制于无法估量的随机事件，而不是可以计算的风险，那么经济学家可能就无话可说了。 ecocn
In his scheme, investment was governed by the animal spirits of entrepreneurs, facing an imponderable future.
在他的设计中，投资由企业家的“动物精神”驱动，其前途充满了不确定性。 yeeyan
Modern distance education has its unique position and imponderable roll in building learning society.
建设学习型社会，现代远程教育具有独特的地位和不可替代的作用。 cnki
The imponderable is just how much this retraction in banks' foreign lending owes to political pressure to focus credit on domestic customers.
目前的国际信贷收缩有多少是因为迫于政治压力而将信贷集中于本国客户，这点无关紧要。 blog.sina.com.cn
To aesthetes, such a question is imponderable.
对美学家来说，这个问题无法衡量。 ecocn |