not able to be definitely ascertained, calculated, or identified 无法确定的;无法计算的;难以识别的 a woman of indeterminable age. 一个无法确定年龄的妇女。 ■(of a dispute or difficulty) not able to be resolved (争论,困难)无法解决的
派生 indeterminably adverb 语源
late 15th cent. (in the sense 'unable to be limited'): from late Latin indeterminabilis, from in- 'not' + determinabilis (see determinable)