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Invisible Invisibly Naked Things Adj 形容词 Eye Germs

英语单词 invisible
英美音标 英 [ɪn'vɪzəbl] 美 [ɪn'vɪzəbl]
中文释义 adj.看不见的;无形的
n.隐形人(或物)
英语例句 (1) Some stars are invisible to the naked eye.
(2) Germs are invisible to the naked eye.
(3) The mends were almost invisible.
(4) Aunt Harriet presided over an invisible army of servants that continuously scrubbed, cleaned, and published.
(5) They venture past invisible boundaries at the risk of being shot.
(6) Her fantasy is to become invisible.
(7) Sometimes feel as if I'm invisible, as if no one can see me at all.
中文例句 (1) 有些星体肉眼是看不见的。
(2) 细菌用肉眼看不见。
(3) 修补过的地方几乎看不出来。
(4) 姑母哈丽特支配着一大群看不见的仆人,他们不停地刷洗、打扫和擦拭。
(5) 他们冒着被射杀的危险,穿过无形的边界。
(6) 她的幻想是变成隐形人。
(7) 有时觉得自己像个隐形人。
vocabulary简明 If you are invisible, you can't be seen with the naked eye, but you can do an awful lot of spying. When you do something embarrassing, you often wish you were invisible.
vocabulary扩展 Germs are invisible, as are odors. A good question to ask someone is whether they would rather be able to fly or be invisible. Flight gives you freedom to travel, but if you are invisible, you have the ability to sneak around and see things you would not normally be able to see. Which would you prefer?
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]看不见的;隐形的 If you describe something as invisible, you mean that it cannot be seen, for example because it is transparent, hidden, or very small.
  [usu v-link ADJ]
  • The lines were so finely etched as to be invisible from a distance...

    线条被蚀刻得如此精细,在远处看都看不见。

  • The belt is invisible even under the thinnest garments.

    这种腰带即便在最薄的衣衫下都看不出来。

invisibly
  • A thin coil of smoke rose almost invisibly into the sharp, bright sky.

    一缕缭绕升起的轻烟几乎淡不可见地消失在明亮耀眼的天空中。

2
[ADJ 形容词]无形的 You can use invisible when you are talking about something that cannot be seen but has a definite effect. In this sense, invisible is often used before a noun which refers to something that can usually be seen.
  [ADJ n]
  • Parents fear they might overstep these invisible boundaries...

    父母担心他们可能会逾越这些无形的界限。

  • Her father's face had suddenly tightened as though he was being strangled by invisible hands.

    她父亲的脸突然僵硬了,仿佛是被无形的双手扼住了脖子。

invisibly
  • ...the tradition that invisibly shapes things in the present.

    不知不觉地塑造着当前的一切的传统

3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]被人忽视的;不为人注意的 If you say that you feel invisible, you are complaining that you are being ignored by other people. If you say that a particular problem or situation is invisible, you are complaining that it is not being considered or dealt with.
  • It was strange, how invisible a clerk could feel...

    一名办事员会感到如此受人忽视,令人觉得不可思议。

  • The problems of the poor are largely invisible.

    穷人的问题大多不受重视。

invisibility
  • ...the invisibility of women's concerns in society.

    社会对女性所关注问题的忽视

4
[ADJ 形容词](故事中的人或事物)隐身的,隐形的 In stories, invisible people or things have a magic quality which makes people unable to see them.
  • ...The Invisible Man.

    《隐形人》

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[ADJ 形容词](收入)非贸易的,无形的 In economics, invisible earnings are the money that a country makes as a result of services such as banking and tourism, rather than by producing goods.
  [ADJ n]
  [BUSINESS 商]
  • Tourism is Britain's single biggest invisible export...

    旅游业是英国最大的一项无形输出。

  • The revenue from tourism is the biggest single item in the country's invisible earnings...

    旅游业收入是该国无形收益当中最大的一项。

  • The invisible trade surplus was £200 million lower than reported.

    无形贸易盈余比报道所称的少 2 亿英镑。

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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]无形服务业(如银行业、旅游业) Invisibles are services such as banking and tourism, which provide a country's invisible earnings.
  [mainly BRIT 主英]
  [TECHNICAL 术语]

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