Word · Frequency #21657
inaudible
听不见的；无法听到的
impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
- 1.
Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard.
听不见的,不够响亮以致听不到的
听不见的,不够响亮以致听不到的；听不见的
In use
The sound of the wind was nearly inaudible through the thick walls.
He spoke in such an inaudible whisper that no one could understand him.
The alarm was inaudible from the other side of the building.
be inaudible
系表结构，表示声音或信号无法被听到。
The signal was inaudible.
信号听不见。
be inaudible to sb
用 to 引出无法听到的人或动物。
The sound was inaudible to humans.
这种声音人类听不见。
inaudible + noun
作定语修饰名词，表示“听不见的”。
She made an inaudible comment.
她低声说了一句听不见的话。
Common mistakes
His whisper was inaudible for me.His whisper was inaudible to me.
表示“对某人来说听不见”时，inaudible 后接介词 to，而非 for。中文的“对我来说”容易直译为 for，但英语的固定搭配是 inaudible to someone。
The teacher's voice was inaudible to hear.The teacher's voice was inaudible.
inaudible 本身已含“无法听见”之意，后面再加 to hear 会造成语义重复。应去掉 to hear，或改用 could not hear 来表达。
Connections
Collocations
- inaudible whisper
- 轻得听不见的低语
- His voice dropped to an inaudible whisper.他的声音低到几不可闻。
- inaudible to the human ear
- 人耳听不见的
- Dogs can hear frequencies that are inaudible to the human ear.狗能听到人耳听不见的频率。
- virtually inaudible
- 几乎听不见的
- The wind in the trees was virtually inaudible.树林里的风声几乎听不见。
- inaudible voice
- 听不见的声音
- Her voice was inaudible over the noise.她的声音在嘈杂声中听不见。
- inaudible sigh
- 无声的叹息
- She gave an inaudible sigh of relief.她如释重负地无声叹了口气。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
助记：inaudible 里的 audio 表示声音，in- 表示'不'，声音小到像收音机最低音量，耳朵也听不见。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式演讲、学术写作、新闻报道 通常用于正式或书面语境，表示声音微弱得无法听见；口语中较少见，多可用其他更日常的说法代替。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only audible and laudable rhyme with inaudible — the stressed vowel /ɔː/ and the following /dəbl/ match. Although plausible shares the 'au' spelling and the /ɔː/ vowel, its ending is /zəbl/, not /dəbl/, so it does not rhyme. Edible, legible and credible end in the same '-ible' spelling but have a different vowel before the ending, so they are also non-rhyming lookalikes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.