| 单词 | impassable |
| 释义 | impassable (once / 1778 pages) adj Whether it’s a road, a barrier, a river, or an abyss, if you can’t travel through or over it, you can describe it as impassable. When you break apart the word impassable, it’s pretty easy to figure out what it means. The im- prefix, a variant of in-, may be familiar to you as a way to say “not.” And passable is likely pretty familiar too, referring to something that can be crossed. When you combine those parts you get something that you can’t navigate. Impassable is usually used in a literal sense, referring to things that you can’t travel through — like side streets after a major snow storm. WORD FAMILYimpassable: impassably+/overpass: overpasses, overpast/pass: overpass, passable, passage, passed, passer, passes, passing, underpass/passable: impassable, passably, unpassable/passage: passages/passer: passers/passing: passinger, passings/underpass: underpasses USAGE EXAMPLESAll roads were impassable into Kintore from the Northern Territory and access was also difficult from Western Australia, local police said. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) Onemi said one bridge in the area was impassable as crews worked to restore electricity to 21,000 homes without power. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) Even better: Most of the access road, once nearly impassable for passenger cars, is now paved. Seattle Times(Nov 23, 2016) adj incapable of being passed Syn|Ant unpassable unclimbable, unsurmountable incapable of being surmounted or climbed unnavigableincapable of being navigated untraversableincapable of being traversed passable able to be passed or traversed or crossed navigableable to be sailed on or through safely negotiablecapable of being passed or negotiated climbable, surmountablecapable of being surmounted travelable, traversablecapable of being traversed |
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