impracticable
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++im·prac·ti·ca·ble /ɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl/ adjective formal IMPOSSIBLEimpossible or very difficult to do for practical reasons 不切实际的；不可行的 It was an appealing plan but quite impracticable. 这个计划有吸引力，但完全行不通。 —impracticably adverb —impracticability /ɪmˌpræktɪkəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpus
impracticable• Thatcher called the plan for a single European currency impracticable.• Laws had even been passed in some authoritarian societies limiting families to two children, but their enforcement had proved impracticable.• Owen's own first chosen vehicle, the co-operative community, had become an irrelevance and was seen to be impracticable.• The operation would be totally impracticable.• Total calibration against the full range of particle size combinations and particle shapes is impracticable.• He had explained that the amount of paperwork involved made it impracticable, but he was sure they hadn't believed him.• A corporate financial analyst then pointed out that the compensation formula Dave had developed would be impracticable on a company-wide level.• There is a point beyond which it becomes impracticable to continue.im·prac·ti·ca·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
very practical do to Corpus or difficult impossible for
impracticable
im‧prac‧ti‧ca‧ble /ɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl/
adjective formal
It was an appealing plan but quite impracticable.
—impracticably adverb
—impracticability /ɪmˌpræktɪkəˈbɪləti, ɪmˌpræktɪkəˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]
im‧prac‧ti‧ca‧ble /ɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl/
adjective formal Word Family: noun: practical, practicalities, practicality ≠ impracticality, practicability ≠ impracticability; adverb: practically ≠ impractically, practicably ≠ impracticably; adjective: practicable ≠ impracticable, practical ≠ impractical
impossible or very difficult to do for practical reasons: —impracticably adverb
—impracticability /ɪmˌpræktɪkəˈbɪləti, ɪmˌpræktɪkəˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]