Impossible
[ɪm'pɒsɪb(ə)l] or [ɪm'pɑsəbl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) something that cannot be done; 'his assignment verged on the impossible'.
(adj.) not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; 'an impossible dream'; 'an impossible situation' .
(adj.) totally unlikely .
(adj.) used of persons or their behavior; 'impossible behavior'; 'insufferable insolence' .
艾比校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible.
(n.) An impossibility.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. Impracticable, unfeasible, unattainable, unachievable, not feasible, not possible, out of the question.
吉恩編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
[See POSSIBLE]
編輯:塔比瑟
解釋/意思:
adj. that which cannot be done: that cannot exist: absurd or excessively odd.—n. Impossibil′ity.
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例句/造句/用法:
- That is quite impossible, said I, and entirely out of the question. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It is quite too transparent, and it was a very bad compliment when you said that it was impossible for me to solve so simple a question. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The gal's manners is dreadful vulgar; and the boy breathes so very hard while he's eating, that we found it impossible to sit at table with him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- That is impossible, Fanny. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It is impossible that it can be accidental! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- On the edge of her consciousness the question was asking itself, automatically: 'Why ARE you behaving in this IMPOSSIBLE and ridiculous fashion. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- We would then have Lee so surrounded that his supplies would be cut off entirely, making it impossible for him to support his army. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- We say in our argument that a return to the days of the stage-coach is impossible or that you cannot turn back the hands of the clock. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- As it is impossible to know what your ideas are of the _maniére convenable_, how can one answer this? 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I laughed, as, indeed, it was impossible to do otherwise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It is hard now to leave the country but in no way impossible. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The advantage of much sleep to prepare them for their journey was impossible. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It is impossible to do justice to all the delicate attentions I received from Lord Worcester during nearly three years. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The reasons for this alteration were at the same time related, and they were such as to make further entreaty on his side impossible. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- But the uses to which they are put are civilization, and without the things the uses would be impossible. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Their leaders, Robespierre, Danton, Marat, who had hitherto been a group of impossibles on the extreme left, began to dominate the National Assembly. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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