| 单词 | impossibility |
| 释义 | impossibility (once / 769 pages) n An impossibility is something that can never, ever happen. Eating ice cream without getting a stomach ache afterward is an impossibility for people who are lactose intolerant. You might start to suspect the impossibility of finding an affordable apartment in New York once you start looking for one, or fear the impossibility that you'll ever pass your French class if you struggle with conjugating verbs. When something's impossible, it can't happen or exist, and an impossibility is impossible. Both words come from the Latin impossibilis, "not possible," from the roots im-, "not," and possibilis, "that can be done." WORD FAMILYimpossibility: impossibilities+/impossible: impossibility, impossibleness, impossibles, impossiblest, impossibly/possibility: possibilities/possible: impossible, possibility, possiblely, possibleness, possibles, possibly/possibly: possiblys USAGE EXAMPLESHence the impossibility of predicting financial crises, wars and technological revolutions. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) The work only poses as a complete systematization of a culture; in fact, the impossibility of such a system is Darboven’s whole point. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) As the days passed, however, the impossibility of it began to dawn on me. New York Times(Nov 25, 2016) 1n incapability of existing or occurring Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper impossibleness possibility, possibleness capability of existing or happening or being true inconceivability, inconceivableness the state of being impossible to conceive unattainablenessthe state of being unattainable nonentity, nonexistence the state of not existing 2n an alternative that is not available Syn|Hypo|Hyper impossible action impossible something that cannot be done alternative, choice, option one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen |
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