ineluctable

英 [,ɪnɪ'lʌktəb(ə)l] 美 [,ɪnɪ'lʌktəbl]
  • adj. 不可避免的;无法逃避的

助记提示


1. e- / ex- "out" + luct- "struggle, wrestle" => eluct- "struggle out".
2. in- "not, opposite of" + eluct- "struggle out".
3. => can't struggle out, unavoidable, inevitable, not to be escaped by struggling.
4. in- + eluct- ( elude 的过去分词变体的词根、词干) + -able.

中文词源


ineluctable 无可避免的

in-,不,非,e-,向外,-luct,弯,转,扭打,词源同leg,reluctant.即打不出来的,引申词义无可避免的。

英文词源


ineluctable (adj.)
"not to be escaped by struggling," 1620s, from Latin ineluctabilis "unavoidable, inevitable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + eluctari "to struggle out of," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + luctari "to struggle" (see reluctance).

双语例句


1. Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense.
那些战争计划有一个信念为基础,即进攻必然比防守有利.

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2. Thyestes fell back, vomiting, and laid an ineluctable curse upon the seed of Atreus.
堤厄斯忒斯向后一倒, 呕吐起来; 他向阿特柔斯的子孙作了必然实现的诅咒.

来自辞典例句

3. The onward march of globalisation is, of course, not ineluctable.
当然, 全球化进程并不是不可阻挡的.

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4. Calmness: never lose your head by bagatelles or ineluctable affairs.
平静: 不为小事或寻常之事或不可避免之事而惊惶失措.

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5. Is ineluctable war perhaps, probably we can return from the battlefield.
也许是不可避免的战争, 或许我们能从战场返回!

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