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单词 uncontrollable
释义
uncontrollable
(ʌnkəntrləbəl )
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe a feeling or physical action as uncontrollable, you mean that you cannot control it or prevent yourself from feeling or doing it.
It had been a time of almost uncontrollable excitement.
William was seized with uncontrollable rage.
He burst into uncontrollable laughter at something I'd said.
uncontrollably (ʌnkəntrləbli ) adverb [usually ADVERB after verb]
I started shaking uncontrollably and began to cry.
2. adjective
If you describe a person as uncontrollable, you mean that their behaviour is bad and that nobody can make them behave more sensibly.
Mark was withdrawn and uncontrollable.
Uncontrollable children grow into young criminals.
3. adjective
If you describe a situation or series of events as uncontrollable, you believe that nothing can be done to control them or to prevent things from getting worse.
If political and ethnic problems are not resolved, the situation could become uncontrollable.
Collocations:
almost uncontrollable
The ruse worked despite his almost uncontrollable trembling.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Research suggests that for men savoury foods are more likely to trigger an almost uncontrollable urge to indulge.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Actually, her coldness concealed a totally unexpected and almost uncontrollable emotional reaction.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was almost uncontrollable grief.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
An incident had caused almost uncontrollable anger and I needed to discover the source.
Christianity Today (2000)
uncontrollable urge
But you're terrified of flying and are suddenly hit by an uncontrollable urge to spring from your seat and run screaming out of the aircraft.
Times, Sunday Times
I just can't help myself wanting to join in, with a terrible, uncontrollable urge to be smart in front of the brilliant.
Times, Sunday Times
He said that he had been possessed by an uncontrollable urge.
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Eventually the speaker and his fiancee find the fungus growing on their skin and feel an uncontrollable urge to eat the fungus.
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She has an uncontrollable urge to jump through hoops.
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Translations:
Chinese: 无法控制的
Japanese: 制御できない
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