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Inexorable Person Process Stopped Word Change Stopping Inexorably

英语单词 inexorable
英美音标 英 [ɪn'eksərəbl] 美 [ɪn'eksərəbl]
中文释义 adj.无情的;不可阻挡的;坚决不变的
n.坚定不移的人
英语例句 (1) He made an inexorable demand.
(2) All flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis.
(3) Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him.
中文例句 (1) 他提出一个无情的要求。
(2) 大家都把愤怒、哀求的目光投向冷酷无情的戴维。
(3) 辛西娅很坚决;她绝不接受他。
vocabulary简明 When a person is inexorable, they're stubborn. When a thing or process is inexorable, it can't be stopped.
vocabulary扩展 This is a word for people and things that will not change direction. An inexorable person is hard-headed and cannot be convinced to change their mind, no matter what. You can also say that a process, like the progress of a deadly illness, is inexorable because it can't be stopped. A speeding train with no brakes is inexorable; it's not stopping till it crashes. When you see the word inexorable, think "No one's stopping that."
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不可阻挡的;不容变更的 You use inexorable to describe a process which cannot be prevented from continuing or progressing.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...the seemingly inexorable rise in unemployment.

    看似不可阻挡的失业增长

  • ...his steady, inexorable decline.

    他的身体状况一天不如一天

inexorably
  • Spending on health is growing inexorably...

    医疗保健方面的开销在不可避免地增加。

  • The crisis is moving inexorably towards war.

    这场危机正在无可避免地滑向战争。

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