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ADJ-GRADED
看不見的;隱形的
If you describe something as invisible, you mean that it cannot be seen, for example because it is transparent, hidden, or very small.
例句
The lines were so finely etched as to be invisible from a distance...
線條被蝕刻得如此精細，在遠處看都看不見。
The belt is invisible even under the thinnest garments.
這種腰帶即便在最薄的衣衫下都看不出來。
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ADJ
無形的
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 which refers to something that can usually be seen.
例句
Parents fear they might overstep these invisible boundaries...
父母擔心他們可能會逾越這些無形的界限。
Her father's face had suddenly tightened as though he was being strangled by invisible hands.
她父親的臉突然僵硬了,仿佛是被無形的雙手扼住了脖子。
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ADJ-GRADED
被人忽視的;不為人注意的
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.
例句
It was strange, how invisible a clerk could feel...
一名辦事員會感到如此受人忽視，令人覺得不可思議。
The problems of the poor are largely invisible.
窮人的問題大多不受重視。
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ADJ
(故事中的人或事物)隱身的，隱形的
In stories, invisible people or things have a magic quality which makes people unable to see them.
例句
...The Invisible Man.
《隱形人》
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ADJ
(收入)非貿易的,無形的
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.
例句
Tourism is Britain's single biggest invisible export...
旅游業是英國最大的一項無形輸出。
The revenue from tourism is the biggest single item in the country's invisible earnings...
旅游業收入是該國無形收益當中最大的一項。
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N-PLURAL
無形服務業(如銀行業、旅游業)
Invisibles are services such as banking and tourism, which provide a country's invisible earnings.