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unavoidable

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·a·void·a·ble /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/ ●○○ adjective  PREVENTimpossible to prevent 不可避免的 There are now fears that war is unavoidable. 人们现在担心战争不可避免。unavoidably adverb Molly was unavoidably delayed. 莫莉无奈被耽搁了。
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unavoidableThe accident was really unavoidable.So he says dealing with issues of race is unavoidable.Playback to the whole class may be unavoidable because of time and space restrictions.Yet age does carry an unavoidable handicap.Under these controls, what emissions are then unavoidable have to be rendered harmless.Fogarty avoided fistfights, but when they were unavoidable he packed his nose with the cotton he always carried.There was some unavoidable noise, but not much.If it is unavoidable then type out the script in double spacing with bold headings.
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unavoidable
unavoidable /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/ adjective
 Word Family: verb: avoid; noun: avoidance; adverb: unavoidably; adjective: avoidableunavoidable
impossible to prevent:
    There are now fears that war is unavoidable.
—unavoidably adverb:
    Molly was unavoidably delayed.


un·avoid·ableBrE /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbl/ 🔊 adjectiveimpossible to avoid or prevent 无法避免的;难以预防的unavoidable delays不可避免的延误 OPP avoidable un·avoid·ably BrE /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbli/ 🔊 adverbI was unavoidably delayed. 我无奈被耽搁了。🔊🔊