uncontrollable
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++un·con·trol·lable /ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl◂ $ -ˈtroʊl-/ adjective 1 EMOTIONALif an emotion, desire, or physical action is uncontrollable, you cannot control it or stop yourself from feeling it or doing it 〔情感、欲望或动作〕控制不住的，无法抑制的 I felt an uncontrollable urge to scream. 我感到一种控制不住想要尖叫的冲动。 Mother burst into uncontrollable sobs. 母亲突然情不自禁地抽噎起来。2 BEHAVEsomeone who is uncontrollable behaves badly and will not obey anyone 〔人〕无法无天的，管束不了的 The presence of some uncontrollable children spoilt the evening. 几个无法无天的孩子的出现破坏了那个晚上的气氛。3 CONTROLif a situation is uncontrollable, nothing can be done to control it or stop it getting worse 〔情况〕失控的，难以挽回的 uncontrollable bleeding 止不住的出血 uncontrollable inflation 失控的通货膨胀Examples from the Corpus
uncontrollable• There had been moments during the past night when his fear had become almost uncontrollable.• But these choices are not seen as being so individually idiosyncratic as to make crime totally unpredictable or uncontrollable.• It is only rapid movements up that become uncontrollable.• Not all the stories about Nicu's uncontrollable and violent lusts were true.• In an instant there was an uncontrollable flood in his loins, an unstoppable surge.• Barbara was shaking with uncontrollable laughter.• All will suffer from debilitating and uncontrollable movements and severe personality and cognitive changes.• Sometimes I felt a mindless, uncontrollable rage, a consumption that ran through my chest to my hands.• At the mention of Hannah's name, he flew into an uncontrollable rage.• We could hear her uncontrollable weeping down the hall.• Mostly she lay silent, noncommittal and unemotional, until one day she broke into uncontrollable weeping.un·con·trol·lable adjectiveChineseSyllable
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uncontrollable
un‧con‧trol‧lable /ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl◂ $ -ˈtroʊl-/
adjective
I felt an uncontrollable urge to scream.
Mother burst into uncontrollable sobs.
2. someone who is uncontrollable behaves badly and will not obey anyone:
The presence of some uncontrollable children spoilt the evening.
3. if a situation is uncontrollable, nothing can be done to control it or stop it getting worse:
uncontrollable bleeding
uncontrollable inflation
un‧con‧trol‧lable /ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl◂ $ -ˈtroʊl-/
adjective Word Family: adjective: controlling, controllable ≠ uncontrollable, controlled ≠ uncontrolled; noun: control, controller; verb: control; adverb: uncontrollably
1. if an emotion, desire, or physical action is uncontrollable, you cannot control it or stop yourself from feeling it or doing it: 2. someone who is uncontrollable behaves badly and will not obey anyone:
3. if a situation is uncontrollable, nothing can be done to control it or stop it getting worse: