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    inexorable

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·ex·o·ra·ble /ɪnˈeksərəbəl/ adjective formal  STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGan inexorable process cannot be stopped 不可阻挡的，不可更改的 SYN unstoppable the inexorable decline of Britain’s manufacturing industry 英国制造业无可挽回的衰落 the seemingly inexorable rise in crime 似乎无法遏止的犯罪率上升势头 —inexorably adverb —inexorability /ɪnˌeksərəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
    Examples from the Corpus
    inexorable• His jealousy sets him on an inexorable course towards murder.• the inexorable decline in Britain's manufacturing industry• the inexorable progress of rain forest destruction    Origin inexorable (1500-1600) Latin inexorabilis, from exorare “to persuade”
    in·ex·o·ra·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
    cannot be an process stopped inexorable Corpus


    inexorable
    in‧ex‧o‧ra‧ble /ɪnˈeksərəbəl/ adjective formal
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Latin
     Origin: inexorabilis, from exorare 'to persuade'
    an inexorable process cannot be stopped
       SYN  unstoppable:
        the inexorable decline of Britain’s manufacturing industry
        the seemingly inexorable rise in crime
    —inexorably adverb
    —inexorability /ɪnˌeksərəˈbɪləti, ɪnˌeksərəˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]


    in·ex·or·ableBrE /ɪnˈeksərəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈeksərəbl/ 🔊 adjective (formal) (of a process 过程) that cannot be stopped or changed 不可阻挡的；无法改变的 SYN relentless ◆the inexorable rise of crime阻遏不了的犯罪上升趋势▸ in·ex·or·abil·ity BrE /ɪnˌeksərəˈbɪləti/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˌeksərəˈbɪləti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] ◆the inexorability of progress阻挡不了的进展趋势▸ in·ex·or·ably BrE /ɪnˈeksərəbli/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈeksərəbli/ 🔊 adverb◆events leading inexorably towards a crisis不可避免地导致危机的一些事件