Word · Frequency #24408
incoherence
不连贯；缺乏条理；（说话或思维）语无伦次
The quality or state of being incoherent, especially in speech or thought; lack of logical connection or clarity.
- 1.
The quality of being incoherent.
不连贯的性质；缺乏条理。
- 2.
Something incoherent; something that does not make logical sense or is not logically connected.
不连贯的事物；不合逻辑或缺乏逻辑关联的事物。
- 3.
Thinking or speech that is so disorganized that it is essentially inapprehensible to others.
极其混乱、令他人无法理解的思维或言语。
不连贯的事物；不合逻辑的言语或文字；不连贯的性质；缺乏条理。；不连贯的事物；不合逻辑或缺乏逻辑关联的事物。；极其混乱、令他人无法理解的思维或言语。；无凝聚性
In use
The teacher criticized the student's essay for its incoherence, as the ideas jumped from topic to topic without any logical connection.
After the accident, his speech was marked by incoherence, making it difficult for doctors to understand him.
The incoherence of the company's new policy confused employees, who found it contradictory and poorly explained.
incoherence of [noun phrase]
The incoherence of his argument was obvious.
他论点的不连贯性显而易见。
incoherence in [noun phrase]
There is a fundamental incoherence in their policy.
他们的政策中存在根本性的不一致。
Connections
Collocations
- utter incoherence
- 完全语无伦次；毫无条理
- The essay was rejected for its utter incoherence.这篇文章因完全语无伦次而被退回。
- descend into incoherence
- 逐渐陷入语无伦次
- As the fever worsened, his speech began to descend into incoherence.随着发烧加重，他的话语开始逐渐变得语无伦次。
- policy incoherence
- 政策不连贯；政策缺乏一致性
- Policy incoherence across government departments undermined the reform.政府各部门之间的政策缺乏一致性，削弱了改革效果。
- narrative incoherence
- 叙述不连贯
- The film was criticized for its narrative incoherence.这部电影因叙述不连贯而受到批评。
- internal incoherence
- 内在不一致；自相矛盾
- Critics pointed to the internal incoherence of his argument.批评者指出他的论证内部自相矛盾。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象“in”是“不”，连贯(coherence)变成不连贯：绳子断成一截截，说话语无伦次。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、formal speech、logical argument 这是一个偏正式的名词，多用于书面语或严肃讨论中，指观点、言语缺乏连贯或条理。日常口语不太常用，口语中更常使用 doesn’t make sense 或 incoherent。
Grammar Note
通常不可数，但复数形式 incoherences 表示具体的不连贯之处。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes: coherence, adherence, interference — all stress the syllable with /ɪə/ followed by /rəns/. Lookalikes: reference and preference are spelled with -erence but stress the first syllable and are pronounced /ˈrefərəns/ and /ˈprefərəns/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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