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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

不可思议的

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bù kě sī yì de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inconceivable/ˌɪn.kənˈsiː.və.bəl/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这项新技术的问世真是一个不可思议的奇迹。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Impossible to comprehend or fully grasp as true or imaginable.

    "The sheer scale of the universe makes its boundaries inconceivable to the human mind."
  2. 2

    So extraordinary or improbable as to be nearly impossible to believe.

    "It is inconceivable that they could have completed such a massive project in just two days."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Middle English word 'inconceivable', formed from the Latin prefix 'in-' (meaning 'not') combined with 'conceivable', stemming from Latin 'concipere' (to take in, form, or conceive). Over time, the term shifted from denoting a mental inability to grasp a concept to describing any event or idea that is extremely difficult to believe or imagine.

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