| 单词 | inexorable |
| 释义 | inexorable (once / 1240 pages) adj When a person is inexorable, they're stubborn. When a thing or process is inexorable, it can't be stopped. This is a word for people and things that will not change direction. An inexorable person is hard-headed and cannot be convinced to change their mind, no matter what. You can also say that a process, like the progress of a deadly illness, is inexorable because it can't be stopped. A speeding train with no brakes is inexorable; it's not stopping till it crashes. When you see the word inexorable, think "No one's stopping that." WORD FAMILYinexorable: inexorability, inexorableness, inexorably USAGE EXAMPLESI’ve never seen an “Othello” as convincingly inexorable as this one. New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) In Beth Gill’s “Catacomb,” performed at the Chocolate Factory in May, that pull was inexorable. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) The book is profligate with its noir tropes, funny, gripping, imaginative, and inexorable as it gradually unmasks the unthinkable evil at its core. Slate(Dec 07, 2016) 1adj not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty Syn grim, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting implacable incapable of being placated 2adj impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason Cynthia was inexorable Syn adamant, adamantine, intransigent inflexible incapable of change |
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