1550s, from Middle French incommensurable or directly from Medieval Latin incommensurabilis, from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + Late Latin commensurabilis, from Latin com- "with" + mensurabilis "measurable," from mensurare "to measure" (see measure (v.)). Related: Incommensurably.
双语例句
1. Train and human life are incommensurable.
火车和人的生命是无从比较的.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. The symmetry characters of quasiperiodic crystals and incommensurable phases were discussed.
