He had a series of seemingly inexplicable accidents. an inexplicable desire for ice cream at two in the morning
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin inexplicabilis, from in- + explicabilis explicable
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, seem無法解釋;似乎無法解釋▸➤remain依然費解▸➤find sth覺得⋯莫名其妙ADVERB➤completely, quite, totally完全無法解釋;十分費解;完全莫名其妙◇Their actions are completely inexplicable.他們的行為完全不可理喻。➤apparently, seemingly看起來/貌似無法解釋▸➤otherwise否則無法解釋◇This theory makes sense of an otherwise inexplicable phenomenon.這一理論解釋了一種其他任何理論無法解釋的現象。