inexplicable
adjectiveWord Family
- explain verb
- explanation noun
- explanatory adjective
- explicable adjective (≠ inexplicable)
that cannot be understood or explained 费解的；无法解释的 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。
Extra ExamplesThis 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
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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’).