词汇 | implacable |
释义 | implacable adjective formaluk /ɪmˈplæk.ə.bəl/ us /ɪmˈplæk.ə.bəl/ used to describe (someone who has) strong opinions or feelings that are impossible to change: 不饶人的;坚定的;无法改变的 an implacable enemy死敌 implacable hostility无法消解的敌意 Inevitable all roads lead to Romeidiom baked in be (only) a matter of timeidiom be damned if you do and damned if you don'tidiom be nothing for itidiom implacability implacably inalienable inalienably ineluctable inexorably insuppressible it can't be helpedidiom relentless relentlessly seal unavoidably unescapable unstoppable unstoppably Related wordimplacably implacable | American Dictionaryimplacable adjective us/ɪmˈplæk·ə·bəl/ unable to be changed, satisfied, or stopped: an implacable enemy Examples of implacableimplacable He encouraged, even inspired, many others to join in what was early on thought to be an overwhelming task against an implacable force. Eventually, it is reduced to "shattered" masonry (40), lying between the paws of the implacable sphinx. So implacable was their hatred that as the summer progressed the only question was not if, but when, this animosity drove someone to action. These were now permanently replaced by implacable hatred. The lumbering orchestral chords suggested an implacable sacrificial religious rite. Her epilogue, again with the modern visitor realising the implacable nature of the weather, completes the narrative on a sombre note. It subjects them to the implacable, as it were ahistorical demands of objects. Thereafter, the plays are surveyed, chapter by chapter, in implacable chronological order. War is best narrated, however, in the apocalyptic mode of the life and death struggle between unimpeachable good and implacable evil. Rigour is implacable, but so too is freedom. Death was not a release f or them, but rather an implacable enemy to be resisted and overcome. Diana's change from implacable goddess to vulnerable woman is essentially a psychological rather than a circumstantial change, and it is realised musically as well as poetically. He regards it as the impotent malice of whoever suffers from an irreversible disadvantage in life, and implacable accordingly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only are they sincere and courageous, but at least they are consistent in their implacable opposition to both capital punishment and corporal punishment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were confronted by an apparently implacable bureaucracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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