- too horrible to contemplate
- unthinkable
- inconceivable
Generated: This phrase is used to describe a situation or outcome that is considered too terrible to even think about.
Such consequences are truly too horrible to contemplate.
Generated: It conveys the idea of something that is so shocking or awful that one cannot even entertain the thought of it.
It is something we all would rather not think about.
Generated: This meaning emphasizes that the situation is beyond imagination or understanding.
汉语词典Chinese definitions
不堪设想【bù kān shè xiǎng】
- shì qing事情zāo gāo糟糕dào liǎo到了jí diǎn极点
- rú guǒ如果bù不shì xiān事先fáng fàn防范,hòu guǒ后果jiāng将bù kān shè xiǎng不堪设想。
- lì rú例如yǎn qián眼前Guó mín dǎng国民党fǎn dòng pài反动派bèi被wǒ men我们suǒ所tuī fān推翻,guò qù过去Rì běn日本dì guó zhǔ yì帝国主义bèi被wǒ men我们hé和gè guó各国rén mín人民suǒ所tuī fān推翻,duì yú对于bèi被tuī fān推翻zhě者lái来shuì说,zhè这shì是tòng kǔ痛苦de的,bù kān shè xiǎng不堪设想de的。