ineluctable
英 [,ɪnɪ'lʌktəb(ə)l]
美 [,ɪnɪ'lʌktəbl]
助記提示
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 的過去分詞變體的詞根、詞幹) + -able.
中文詞源
ineluctable 無可避免的in-,不，非，e-,向外，-luct,彎，轉，扭打，詞源同leg,reluctant.即打不出來的，引申詞義無可避免的。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense.
- 那些戰爭計劃有一個信念為基礎,即進攻必然比防守有利.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Thyestes fell back, vomiting, and laid an ineluctable curse upon the seed of Atreus.
- 堤厄斯忒斯向後一倒, 嘔吐起來; 他向阿特柔斯的子孫作了必然實現的詛咒.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The onward march of globalisation is, of course, not ineluctable.
- 當然, 全球化進程並不是不可阻擋的.
來自互聯網
- 4. Calmness: never lose your head by bagatelles or ineluctable affairs.
- 平靜: 不為小事或尋常之事或不可避免之事而驚惶失措.
來自互聯網
- 5. Is ineluctable war perhaps, probably we can return from the battlefield.
- 也許是不可避免的戰爭, 或許我們能從戰場返回!
來自互聯網