| 英语单词 | impossibility |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪmˌpɒsə'bɪləti] 美 [ɪmˌpɒsə'bɪləti] |
| 中文释义 | n.不可能之事;不可能 |
| 英语例句 | (1) It is an impossibility for you to do so. (2) It is a physical impossibility to be in two places at once. (3) Completely banning nuclear weapons is a virtual impossibility. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 你那样做是不可能的事。 (2) 同时身处两地在自然法则上是不可能的。 (3) 完全禁止核武器实际上是不可能的。 |
| vocabulary简明 | An impossibility is something that can never, ever happen. Eating ice cream without getting a stomach ache afterward is an impossibility for people who are lactose intolerant. |
| vocabulary扩展 | You might start to suspect the impossibility of finding an affordable apartment in New York once you start looking for one, or fear the impossibility that you'll ever pass your French class if you struggle with conjugating verbs. When something's impossible, it can't happen or exist, and an impossibility is impossible. Both words come from the Latin impossibilis, "not possible," from the roots im-, "not," and possibilis, "that can be done." |
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