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单词 irresoluble
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irresolubleadj.

/ɪˈrɛzəl(j)uːb(ə)l/
Etymology: < Latin irresolūbilis (Apul.), < ir- (ir- prefix2) + resolūbilis resoluble adj.1: compare French irrésoluble (Littré).
Not resoluble.
1. Incapable of being resolved into elements, or dissolved in water, or liquefied; indissoluble; insoluble.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > insolubility
irresoluble1666
indissolvable1675
1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qual. in Wks. (1772) III. 105 Induring the fire, and, which is the main, irresoluble by water.
1674 R. Boyle About Excellency & Grounds Mech. Hypothesis 25 in Excellency Theol. The productions of Chymical analyses are simple bodies, and upon that account irresoluble.
1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health ii. 30 Th' irresoluble oil..in floods Of rancid bile o'erflows.
figurative.a1849 E. A. Poe F. S. Osgood in Wks. (1864) III. 93 It is in this irresoluble effect that Mrs. Osgood excels any poetess of her country.
2. Incapable of being loosened and dispelled or relieved.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [adjective] > impossible to dispel or relieve
irresoluble1646
1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 107 With many moe almost irresoluble scruples.
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. ix. 333 The second is in the irresoluble condition of our soules after a knowne sin.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician i. 10 A Maid laboured of irresoluble Obstructions.
1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 265 The progress of disease is slow,—phthisis scarcely making itself felt till it has stealthily got an irresoluble hold on life.
3. Incapable of being solved or explained; insoluble.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > incapable of being solved
insoluble1393
unresolvable1604
inextricable1613
indissolvable1637
unriddleable1647
irresolvable1660
unsolvible1664
insolvable1693
unsolvable1821
hen-and-egg1855
indissoluble1868
irresoluble1868
1868 J. A. Symonds Clough in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 589 Problems by their very nature irresoluble in one lifetime.

Derivatives

iˈrresolubleness n. the quality of being irresoluble or undissolvable.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [noun] > quality of being irresoluble
irresolubleness1680
1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) iii. 179 Quercetanus himself..has this Confession of the Irresolubleness of Diamonds.
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