ineluctable
英 [,ɪnɪ'lʌktəb(ə)l]
美 [,ɪnɪ'lʌktəbl]
助记提示
1. e- / ex- "out" + luct- "struggle, wrestle" => eluct- "struggle out".
2. in- "not, opposite of" + eluct- "struggle out".
3. => can't struggle out, unavoidable, inevitable, not to be escaped by struggling.
4. in- + eluct- ( elude 的过去分词变体的词根、词干) + -able.
中文词源
ineluctable 无可避免的in-,不，非，e-,向外，-luct,弯，转，扭打，词源同leg,reluctant.即打不出来的，引申词义无可避免的。
英文词源
- ineluctable (adj.)
- "not to be escaped by struggling," 1620s, from Latin ineluctabilis "unavoidable, inevitable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + eluctari "to struggle out of," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + luctari "to struggle" (see reluctance).
双语例句
- 1. Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense.
- 那些战争计划有一个信念为基础,即进攻必然比防守有利.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Thyestes fell back, vomiting, and laid an ineluctable curse upon the seed of Atreus.
- 堤厄斯忒斯向后一倒, 呕吐起来; 他向阿特柔斯的子孙作了必然实现的诅咒.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The onward march of globalisation is, of course, not ineluctable.
- 当然, 全球化进程并不是不可阻挡的.
来自互联网
- 4. Calmness: never lose your head by bagatelles or ineluctable affairs.
- 平静: 不为小事或寻常之事或不可避免之事而惊惶失措.
来自互联网
- 5. Is ineluctable war perhaps, probably we can return from the battlefield.
- 也许是不可避免的战争, 或许我们能从战场返回!
来自互联网
