单词 | unalterable |
释义 | unalterable (once / 2944 pages) adj You take your dress to the tailor to be altered. He tells you he can't alter it. The dress is unalterable. Something unalterable cannot be changed. Take the prefix un-, meaning "not". Add it to the word alter, meaning "change." Tack on the suffix -able, meaning "possible." The result? Unalterable, "impossible to change." The things you've done in the past are unalterable. The only things you have the power to change are the things you're doing right now or that you will do in the future. How can you alter things that haven't happened yet? Good question. For all we know, they're unalterable too. WORD FAMILYunalterable: unalterability, unalterably+/alter: alterable, alteration, alterative, altered, altering, alters/alterable: alterability, inalterable, unalterable/alteration: alterations/altered: unaltered/altering: alterings/inalterable: inalterably USAGE EXAMPLESIn this uncertain world, there are still a few unalterable facts of political life. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) Your fixed expenses, such as rent, car payments and cable bills, may seem unalterable. US News(Sep 15, 2016) “The simple, unalterable calculus of popular music had been drummed into me by my experience in the 1960s,” wrote Heller in his autobiography. Los Angeles Times(Sep 06, 2016) 1adj not capable of being changed or altered unalterable resolve an unalterable ground rule Syn|Ant inalterable incurable unalterable in disposition or habits final, lastnot to be altered or undone alterable capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic 2adj of a sentence; that cannot be changed an unalterable death sentence Syn incommutable not subject to alteration or change 3adj remaining the same for indefinitely long times Syn changeless unchangeable not changeable or subject to change |
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