| 单词 | unattainable |
| 释义 | unattainable (ʌnəteɪnəbəl ) adjective If you say that something is unattainable, you mean that it cannot be achieved or is not available. There are those who argue that true independent advice is unattainable. ...an unattainable dream. Collocations: previously unattainable It must be one of the coldest rooms ever built, but the rest of the house achieved a previously unattainable level of comfort. Times, Sunday Times Critics say the scheme keeps property prices inflated by pushing first-time buyers towards previously unattainable homes, rather than making any effort to increase supply to reduce prices. Times, Sunday Times The tomography technique provides previously unattainable three-dimensional resolution at the limits of fossilization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For most of the truly poor, a better life simply seems an unattainable dream. Times, Sunday Times It demonstrates the unattainable dreams of ordinary people and the media's manipulation of them. Times, Sunday Times The site claims it will help you achieve otherwise unattainable dreams such as hiring a private plane or an island. The Sun Is this a hopelessly unattainable goal? Christianity Today (2000) I don't think it was in our heads that it was an unattainable goal. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We hanker for the perfect space, but it's an unattainable goal. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It is potentially possible but in effect an unattainable ideal. Times, Sunday Times (2014) That is how advertising works: it presents an unattainable ideal and then invites you to spend money on failing to attain it. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A female figure might have represented Liberty, but for real women she remained an unattainable ideal. Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France (2006) |
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