Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.

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prepare [pr?'p?r] 詞頻1 詞根: par
vt. 準備;預備(飯菜);配備;使(自己)有準備; vt.& vi. 籌備,進行各項準備工作;做好思想準備;作出,制訂;鍛煉(身體等),訓練;
?? pre預先+pare準備→預先準備好
"He had failed to prepare adequately for the task before him."
他沒有為面臨的任務做充分的準備.
近義:apparel, ready, rig, saddle, capacitate, adapt 反義:impair, jumble, mess, muss, overset, overturn
ineffable [?n'?f?bl]
adj. 妙不可言的;不可言喻的;(尤指某些宗教中神的名字)因神圣而不容稱呼的;須避諱的;
?? in 不 + ef=ex出 + fable 說 → 說不出的 → 難以形容的
"The beauty of a sunset is ineffable."
日落的美是難以形容的.
近義:inexpressible, unspeakable, unutterable
think [θ??k] 詞頻1
vt. 想;思索;以為;看待; vi. 思辯;考慮;構想;回憶; adj. 深思的;供思考的; n. 想;想法;
?? 深刻(諧音):深刻的思 想 我在想(think)該如何感謝(thank)他們
"They'll think you're being antisocial if you don't go."
要是你不去,他們就會認為你不合群。
近義:imagine, meditate, mull, perpend, ponder, ratiocinate
unthinkable ['?n'θi?k?bl]
adj. 無法想象的;難以置信的;不能考慮的;絕不可能的;
"It was unthinkable that she could be dead."
她竟然去世了,真是很難相信。
近義:inconceivable, unbelievable, unimaginable, unconceivable, inapprehensible 反義:appropriate, passable, permissible, pleasing, receivable, satisfactory
grapple ['gr?pl] 詞頻5
vt. 抓住,捉牢;搏斗;與…格斗;用鐵錨(鐵鉤)鉤住; vi. 抓住;格斗; n. 扭打,格斗;緊握;抓機,抓斗;與…格斗;
"Many investigators had grapple with the problem, usually with poor results."
許多研究人員曾設法解決這個問題, 但是往往沒有好結果.
近義:hold, seize, clasp, clench, clutch, grab
itself [?t's?lf] 詞頻1
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己,它本身;自身,本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人類有足夠的武器滅絕自己。
近義:herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves

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