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单词 impossible
释义

impossible

[ im-pos-uh-buhl ]
/ ɪmˈpɒs ə bəl /
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adjective

not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
unable to be done, performed, effected, etc.: an impossible assignment.
incapable of being true, as a rumor.
not to be done, endured, etc., with any degree of reason or propriety: an impossible situation.
utterly impracticable: an impossible plan.
hopelessly unsuitable, difficult, or objectionable.

Origin of impossible

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English word from Latin word impossibilis.See im-2, possible

SYNONYMS FOR impossible

6 unbearable, intolerable, unmanageable.
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OTHER WORDS FROM impossible

im·pos·si·ble·ness, nounim·pos·si·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH impossible

impossible , impracticable, impractical, improbable

Words nearby impossible

impose on, imposing, imposing stone, imposition, impossibility, impossible, impossible figure, impost, impost block, impostor, impostor syndrome
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British Dictionary definitions for impossible

impossible
/ (ɪmˈpɒsəbəl) /

adjective

incapable of being done, undertaken, or experienced
incapable of occurring or happening
absurd or inconceivable; unreasonableit's impossible to think of him as a bishop
informal intolerable; outrageousthose children are impossible

Derived forms of impossible

impossibleness, nounimpossibly, adverb
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