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单词 unblinkable
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unblinkableadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈblɪŋkəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈblɪŋkəb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, blink v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + blink v. + -able suffix.
Impossible to ignore. Cf. blink v. 6.
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1867 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 358/1 Of course she did not know why, but there was the fact, fixed and unblinkable.
1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Oct. 884/4 A stark unblinkable picture of life as it is being lived somewhere to-day.
1985 F. L. Ford Polit. Murder vi. 114 This time the elements of sacrilege were unblinkable.
2013 Independent (Nexis) 30 Mar. 42 The painful but unblinkable reality that so many of the leading roles..are now effortlessly appropriated by alumni of public schools.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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