inscrutable
adjective /ɪnˈskruːtəbl/
/ɪnˈskruːtəbl/
- (especially of a person's expression) impossible to understand or interpret
难以捉摸的；难以理解的；神秘莫测的 - He was wearing that inscrutable look again.
他又流露出那种难以捉摸的表情。 - Her face had become inscrutable.
她的脸变得难以理解。 - inscrutable to somebody Unfortunately, this language is largely inscrutable to non-specialists.
不幸的是，这种语言对非专业人士来说很难理解。
Collocations DictionaryInscrutable is used with these nouns:- expression
词源late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin inscrutabilis, from in- ‘not’ + scrutari ‘to search’ (originally ‘sort rubbish’, from scruta ‘rubbish’). - He was wearing that inscrutable look again.