单词 | implacable |
释义 | implacable From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishimplacableim‧plac‧a‧ble /ɪmˈplækəbəl/ adjectiveDETERMINEDvery determined to continue opposing someone or something implacable enemiesimplacable opposition on the issue of nuclear waste. The government faces —implacably adverbimplacably opposed to Stalin’s regime. He remained —implacability /ɪmˌplækəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusimplacable• That one has long since vanished, as a result of the Falls' implacable backward erosion.• What I miss, however, in Charles Dance's Coriolanus is a sense of implacable danger.• Finally, the weight of scientific evidence, wielded by an implacable defense attorney, got Miller released and another man indicted.• While the implacable opposition of Gen Aoun is the main obstacle in his path, there are plenty of other difficulties.• Love is the one thing we have against the implacable tyranny of time.• He was frightened by the dank smell of the earth and the implacable weight of matter.implacable opposition• The implacable opposition of employers had forced wages down despite the most determined efforts of the trade unions.• While the implacable opposition of Gen Aoun is the main obstacle in his path, there are plenty of other difficulties.• Against the implacable opposition of its lord, Aylesbury failed utterly to hold on to the corporate status granted it in 1554.• Papinian's divergent decision seems to rest on more implacable opposition to infringing freedom of testation.Origin implacable (1400-1500) Latin implacabilis, from placabilis “easily made calm” |
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