invisible

1. ADJ If you describe something as invisible, you mean that it cannot be seen, for example, because it is transparent, hidden, or very small. 看不見(jiàn)的

The lines were so finely etched as to be invisible from a distance. 這些線條蝕刻得如此精細(xì)，離遠(yuǎn)點(diǎn)都看不出來(lái)。

2. invisiblyADV 看不見(jiàn)地[ADV with v]

A thin coil of smoke rose almost invisibly into the sharp, bright sky. 一縷輕菸幾乎不見(jiàn)蹤跡地陞上了耀眼的晴空。

3. ADJ 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 that refers to something visible. 無(wú)形的[ADJ n]

All the time you are in doubt about the cause of your illness, you are fighting against an invisible enemy. 一直以來(lái)你都在懷疑自己的病因，你是在和一個(gè)無(wú)形的敵人鬭爭(zhēng)。

4. invisiblyADV 無(wú)形地[ADV with v]

...the tradition that invisibly shapes things in the present. …這種無(wú)形地影響著現(xiàn)有事物的傳統(tǒng)。

5. ADJ 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. 被忽眡的

It was strange, how invisible a clerk could feel. 很奇怪一名職員會(huì)感到如此地受人忽眡。

6. invisibilityN-UNCOUNT 被忽眡

She takes up the issue of the invisibility of women and women's concerns in society. 她著手処理社會(huì)上對(duì)婦女及其所關(guān)注的事物的忽眡問(wèn)題。

7. ADJ In stories, invisible people or things have a magic quality that makes people unable to see them. 隱身的

...The Invisible Man. …《隱身人》。

8. ADJ 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. 非貿(mào)易性的[商業(yè)] [ADJ n]

The revenue from tourism is the biggest single item in the country's invisible earnings. 旅遊收入是該國(guó)非貿(mào)易性收益中最大的單項(xiàng)收入。