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单词 inexorable
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Definition of inexorable in English:

inexorable

adjective ɪnˈɛks(ə)rəb(ə)lˌɪnˈɛksərəb(ə)l
  • 1Impossible to stop or prevent.

    the seemingly inexorable march of new technology
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is nothing so satisfying, however, as a victory on behalf of the common man against the inexorable march of officialdom.
    • There is an inexorable march of history toward freedom.
    • The inexorable political logic of the ‘fair trade’ program is to split and divide the working class along national lines.
    • Call it empowerment if we must, it's an acknowledgement of an inexorable female march into areas previously dominated by men.
    • The PC industry has kind of run roughshod over its users, and the excuse has always been tied to the inexorable march of technology.
    • Whether this is another ‘mystery’, or just another step in what many see as an inexorable march to the discovery of life or its footprint on Mars is up to you.
    • Not only are most of the Asian artists absent from those histories, but modernism itself was not the inexorable forward march it is made out to be.
    • Many thought geometry's spare base of axioms and its clean, inexorable logic was scientific knowledge at its best.
    • The inexorable logic of expanding car ownership and use has gradually run up against the limits of road-building and the huge hidden subsidy to the auto industry which that represents.
    • As the Internet world continues its inexorable march towards XML, only those technologies that are built on that platform will continue to move forward.
    • There is an inexorable logic to harnessing technology to democracy in the same way as it has been done in so many other facets of our lives.
    • The test will be whether good intentions can be reconciled with the inexorable march of progress.
    • Bird flu continued its seemingly inexorable march through Asia, as Indonesia on Tuesday found a strain of the virus in its poultry flocks that can be deadly to humans.
    • Science can indeed be seen as a progression of more and more useful metaphors, but as Thomas Kuhn has shown it is not an inexorable march from ignorance to truth.
    • How should one balance past outrages with the inexorable march of progress?
    • The first proposition is easier to defend than the second, as it rests on inexorable logic rather than vexed value judgments.
    • We shall see in a later chapter that science owes a remarkable and mysterious debt to mathematics, but the Greeks were to some extent impeded by their very reverence for its inexorable logic.
    • There is no inexorable logic dictating that the media must undermine the independence of the spheres of art and culture.
    • Something has got to be done to stop this inexorable rise in expenditure.
    • We can turn a blind eye to theory, but neither God nor his book will protect us from evolution's inexorable march.
    Synonyms
    relentless, unstoppable, unavoidable, inescapable, inevitable, irrevocable
    persistent, continuous, non-stop, steady, unabating, interminable, incessant, unceasing, unending, unremitting, unrelenting
    1. 1.1 (of a person) impossible to persuade; unrelenting.
      the doctors were inexorable, and there was nothing to be done
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Death, that inexorable judge, had passed sentence on him and refused to grant him a reprieve, though two doctors were his counsel.
      • Before these inexorable judges, for five days, the world of Italian fashion presented its collections.
      • There was no capitulation over the four kilometres and there were no errors, merely gradual submission to inexorable opponents.
      • If we have false views of God, that he is an ‘inexorable judge’ then we simply have no grounds to turn to him for salvation.
      Synonyms
      intransigent, unbending, unyielding, inflexible, unswerving, unwavering, adamant, obdurate, determined, immovable, unshakeable, implacable, unappeasable, unpacifiable, unplacatable, unmollifiable, unforgiving, unsparing, uncompromising
      strict, severe, iron-handed, stringent, harsh, hard, tough, exacting, rigorous, draconian, cruel, ruthless, relentless, unrelenting, pitiless, merciless, remorseless
      rare indurate

Derivatives

  • inexorability

  • noun ɪnɛks(ə)rəˈbɪlətiɪˌnɛks(ə)rəˈbɪlədi
    • The suddenness of the storm, and its inexorability, amaze the crew; their aristocratic passengers show only irritation at the crew's alarm.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Death, its inexorability, and our fear of it render us as helpless as when we were toddlers.
      • The camera's frequent slow dollies backwards, from a small detail to the wider scene, echo the plot's revelations and the inexorability of fate.
      • As the current standard-bearers for mankind, we must also bear the heavy burden of being its worst incarnation yet, and that, with the inexorability of time, things can only get worse.
      • For Dickens, history has both an inexorability and an arbitrariness.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin inexorabilis, from in- 'not' + exorabilis (from exorare 'entreat').

 
 

Definition of inexorable in US English:

inexorable

adjectiveˌinˈeksərəb(ə)lˌɪnˈɛksərəb(ə)l
  • 1Impossible to stop or prevent.

    the seemingly inexorable march of new technology
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Not only are most of the Asian artists absent from those histories, but modernism itself was not the inexorable forward march it is made out to be.
    • The inexorable logic of expanding car ownership and use has gradually run up against the limits of road-building and the huge hidden subsidy to the auto industry which that represents.
    • There is no inexorable logic dictating that the media must undermine the independence of the spheres of art and culture.
    • There is an inexorable march of history toward freedom.
    • The first proposition is easier to defend than the second, as it rests on inexorable logic rather than vexed value judgments.
    • We can turn a blind eye to theory, but neither God nor his book will protect us from evolution's inexorable march.
    • Bird flu continued its seemingly inexorable march through Asia, as Indonesia on Tuesday found a strain of the virus in its poultry flocks that can be deadly to humans.
    • How should one balance past outrages with the inexorable march of progress?
    • As the Internet world continues its inexorable march towards XML, only those technologies that are built on that platform will continue to move forward.
    • There is an inexorable logic to harnessing technology to democracy in the same way as it has been done in so many other facets of our lives.
    • The PC industry has kind of run roughshod over its users, and the excuse has always been tied to the inexorable march of technology.
    • The inexorable political logic of the ‘fair trade’ program is to split and divide the working class along national lines.
    • Many thought geometry's spare base of axioms and its clean, inexorable logic was scientific knowledge at its best.
    • Call it empowerment if we must, it's an acknowledgement of an inexorable female march into areas previously dominated by men.
    • There is nothing so satisfying, however, as a victory on behalf of the common man against the inexorable march of officialdom.
    • Science can indeed be seen as a progression of more and more useful metaphors, but as Thomas Kuhn has shown it is not an inexorable march from ignorance to truth.
    • We shall see in a later chapter that science owes a remarkable and mysterious debt to mathematics, but the Greeks were to some extent impeded by their very reverence for its inexorable logic.
    • Something has got to be done to stop this inexorable rise in expenditure.
    • Whether this is another ‘mystery’, or just another step in what many see as an inexorable march to the discovery of life or its footprint on Mars is up to you.
    • The test will be whether good intentions can be reconciled with the inexorable march of progress.
    Synonyms
    relentless, unstoppable, unavoidable, inescapable, inevitable, irrevocable
    1. 1.1 (of a person) impossible to persuade by request or entreaty.
      the doctors were inexorable, and there was nothing to be done
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Before these inexorable judges, for five days, the world of Italian fashion presented its collections.
      • Death, that inexorable judge, had passed sentence on him and refused to grant him a reprieve, though two doctors were his counsel.
      • If we have false views of God, that he is an ‘inexorable judge’ then we simply have no grounds to turn to him for salvation.
      • There was no capitulation over the four kilometres and there were no errors, merely gradual submission to inexorable opponents.
      Synonyms
      intransigent, unbending, unyielding, inflexible, unswerving, unwavering, adamant, obdurate, determined, immovable, unshakeable, implacable, unappeasable, unpacifiable, unplacatable, unmollifiable, unforgiving, unsparing, uncompromising

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin inexorabilis, from in- ‘not’ + exorabilis (from exorare ‘entreat’).

 
 
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