inscrutable

🇬🇧 UK/in'skru:tәbl/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Difficult or impossible to understand or interpret; mysterious.

难以理解的,高深莫测的,神秘的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
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scrutroot
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ablecapable of, worthy of
=inscrutable

Common Collocations

  • 1.inscrutable expression高深莫测的表情
  • 2.inscrutable face神秘的脸
  • 3.[inscrutable] manner[神秘的]举止

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His inscrutable expression revealed nothing about his true feelings.

  • 2.

    The inscrutable plot of the novel kept readers guessing until the end.

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