单词 | inexorable |
释义 | inexorable (ɪneksərəbəl ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use inexorable to describe a process which cannot be prevented from continuing or progressing. [formal] ...the seemingly inexorable rise in unemployment. ...his steady, inexorable decline. Synonyms: unrelenting, relentless, implacable, hard inexorably (ɪneksərəbli ) adverb [ADVERB with verb] Spending on health is growing inexorably. The crisis is moving inexorably towards war. Synonyms: relentlessly, inevitably, irresistibly, remorselessly Collocations: inexorable decline An immutable law of business is that any organisation one works for goes into inexorable decline the moment one leaves. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The alternative is the inexorable decline of a great scientific culture. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Oil companies are anxiously watching the seemingly inexorable decline in prices. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The inexorable decline of a once great team has been accompanied by the most inept administration in cricket. Times, Sunday Times (2008) A process of inexorable decline had set in. The Global Marketplace (1993) So goes the inexorable logic of the trilemma. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This is the inexorable logic of Lancaster's philosophy. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Any of these points could be part of this pattern of inexorable logic as England march on and retain the Ashes. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Mostly the inexorable march of time and what it does to our bodies. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The seemingly inexorable march of new world records may be coming to a halt. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This year, there is no escaping the inexorable march of wearable tech. Times, Sunday Times (2015) For some, the inexorable march of years and the pathos of mortality bring an inward, deep resentment. Christianity Today (2000) More accurately, it is a small step for radioland, though each step is part of the inexorable march towards digital. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Now, this inexorable process has reached doctors as well. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It's a return to the main line, to the inexorable process of destruction we thought we had stopped. A Plague of Angels (1993) During the summer, the Republicans had tried to halt the seemingly inexorable process by which their territory was being whittled away. The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge The seemingly inexorable march of new world records may be coming to a halt. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Oil companies are anxiously watching the seemingly inexorable decline in prices. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Its seemingly inexorable rise over the past decade has been synonymous with the city's resurgence. Times, Sunday Times (2007) What is being proposed is merely designed to halt the seemingly inexorable rise of the big hit at the expense of the sport's integrity. Times, Sunday Times (2016) During the summer, the Republicans had tried to halt the seemingly inexorable process by which their territory was being whittled away. The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge Translations: Chinese: 不可阻挡的 Japanese: 歯止めが利かない |
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