inconsolable
adjective /ˌɪnkənˈsəʊləbl/
/ˌɪnkənˈsəʊləbl/
(also less frequent unconsolable)
- very sad and unable to accept help or comfort
悲痛欲绝的；无法慰藉的 - They were inconsolable when their only child died.
他们唯一的孩子去世时，他们简直痛不欲生。 - inconsolable grief
无法抚慰的悲伤
Collocations DictionaryInconsolable is used with these nouns:- grief
词源late 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin inconsolabilis, from in- ‘not’ + consolabilis ‘able to be consoled’, from the verb consolari (from con- ‘with’ + solari ‘soothe’). - They were inconsolable when their only child died.