
adjective 无法理解的;难以comprehend的;令人费解的。形容某事物极其复杂、混乱或晦涩,以至于无法被理解。
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The instructions were completely incomprehensible to me.
这些说明对我来说完全无法理解。
The professor's lecture on quantum mechanics was so dense and filled with jargon that it was incomprehensible to most of the students in the room.
教授关于量子力学的讲座内容极其晦涩,充满了专业术语,教室里大多数学生都听不懂。
该词源自拉丁语 incomprehensibilis,由否定前缀 in-(不)和 comprehensibilis(可理解的)组成。comprehensibilis 又来自动词 comprehendere,意为"抓住、理解",由 **com-**(一起)和 prehendere(抓取)构成。这个词在14世纪末经由古法语进入英语,最初也用于神学语境,形容上帝的无限性是人类思维"无法把握的"。