| 单词 | inevitability |
| 释义 | inevitability (ɪnevɪtəbɪlɪti ) Word forms: inevitabilities variable noun The inevitability of something is the fact that it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided. We are all bound by the inevitability of death. [+ of] Success is an inevitability for us. Synonyms: certainty, fate, shoo-in [US, Canadian] Quotations: Collocations: air of inevitability It had an air of inevitability after that - and we never caught a thing! The Sun The recovery from the rough was not much better, an air of inevitability enveloping the three putts that followed. Times, Sunday Times The home team paid the price for complacency and profligacy by conceding an equaliser that had an air of inevitability about it. Times, Sunday Times His leadership had an air of inevitability about it. Times, Sunday Times Bath's fluent game, even when inaccurate, stretched them and gave the match an air of inevitability. Times, Sunday Times When are we sustaining life and when are we merely postponing the inevitability of death? Christianity Today (2000) The inscription seemed to speak of a passive recognition of the inevitability of death. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Is it the inevitability of death that gives life and love their savour? Times, Sunday Times (2007) But always somehow returning to the futility of it all and the inevitability of death. Times, Sunday Times (2014) We are all bound by the inevitability of death and the fact that certain choices may speed the destructive processes. Love, Medicine and Miracles (1990) Translations: Chinese: 必然性 Japanese: 必然性 |
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