单词 | the inevitable |
释义 | > as lemmasthe inevitable b. absol. and as n. the inevitable, that which is inevitable, what cannot be avoided or escaped. Also (with an or plural), an inevitable fact, event, truth, etc.; a person who, or thing which, is necessarily chosen or employed. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > inevitability > inevitable fact, event, etc. necessity1600 necessary1818 inevitable1850 must-be1868 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iv. 16 Our one interest in such Government is, that it would be kind enough to cease and go its ways, before the inevitable arrive. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 16 There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. 1888 W. Whitman in Cent. Mag. (1911) Dec. 255/1 Grant was one of the inevitables: he always arrived; he was as invincible as a law. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 4/2 Here at length are some true inevitables. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 3/2 After the Canadian Arch it was only an ‘inevitable’ that there should be a rush to the Dominion. 1927 Observer 17 July 9/4 A further twenty volumes of Everyman's Library... The ‘Areopagitica’ was another of the inevitables. 1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners viii. 167 Paul greeted them amiably, exchanged the inevitables with the comely Mrs. Edmunds [etc.]. 1965 Listener 22 July 112/2 It seemed that it was only a matter of time before..the United States would bow gracefully to the inevitable. < as lemmas |
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