inaccessible

Word family  noun access accessibility ≠ inaccessibility adjective accessible ≠ inaccessible verb access adverb accessibly ≠ inaccessibly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·ac·ces·si·ble /ˌɪnəkˈsesəbəl◂/ AWL adjective  1  REACHdifficult or impossible to reach 难到达的；不可及的 OPP accessible In winter, the villages are inaccessible by road. 冬天时，进入这些村子的路很难走。inaccessible to A long flight of stairs made the center inaccessible to disabled visitors. 一段长长的楼梯使残疾的参观者难以到达中心。2  UNDERSTANDdifficult or impossible to understand or afford 难懂的；得不到的 OPP accessible Stockhausen’s music is thought to be difficult and inaccessible. 施托克豪森的音乐被认为费解难懂。 —inaccessibly adverb —inaccessibility /ˌɪnəksesəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

inaccessible• She could describe things like the difference between horses now and then, stuff that is virtually inaccessible.• Homeworkers are often invisible and inaccessible.• In the north, only a small part of Sutherland remained to be surveyed but the area was relatively inaccessible.• Bouvet Island, desolate, inaccessible and almost entirely icebound.• Some are very inaccessible and he has to wade through thick mud to get at them.• These mountain villages are completely inaccessible in winter.• They also enable you to tap into otherwise pretty inaccessible international markets.• The country consists mainly of dense jungles and inaccessible mountain ranges.• From whatever inaccessible pit of bitterness the words reached out to touch an empty place in her own life.• In less fertile and inaccessible regions, introducing free market forces and removing state subsidies brought poverty instead of wealth.• This textbook would be inaccessible to my students.• The bathroom is situated at the top of a flight of stairs, making it inaccessible to the disabled.

in·ac·ces·si·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus reach difficult or impossible to

inaccessible
in‧ac‧ces‧si‧ble AC /ˌɪnəkˈsesəbəl◂, ˌɪnəkˈsesɪbəl◂/ adjective1. difficult or impossible to reach
   OPP  accessible:
    In winter, the villages are inaccessible by road.
    inaccessible to
    A long flight of stairs made the center inaccessible to disabled visitors.
2. difficult or impossible to understand or afford
   OPP  accessible:
    Stockhausen’s music is thought to be difficult and inaccessible.
—inaccessibly adverb
—inaccessibility /ˌɪnəksesəˈbɪləti, ˌɪnəksesɪˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]

in·access·ible AW BrE /ˌɪnækˈsesəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪnækˈsesəbl/ 🔊 adjectivedifficult or impossible to reach or to get 难以达到的；不可得到的◆They live in a remote area, inaccessible except by car. 他们住在一处偏远地区，只能开车去。🔊🔊◆~ to sb/sth The temple is now inaccessible to the public. 这个寺庙现在不对公众开放了。🔊🔊◆(figurative) The language of teenagers is often completely inaccessible to (= not understood by) adults. 青少年的语言成人往往听不懂。🔊🔊 OPP accessible ▸ in·access·ibil·ity BrE /ˌɪnækˌsesəˈbɪləti/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪnækˌsesəˈbɪləti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]