单词 | inaccessible |
释义 | inaccessible (once / 1326 pages) adj Can't get to something you want? It must be inaccessible. If it were accessible, you wouldn't have any trouble finding it. This word makes a lot of sense when you think about the word access, which is the ability to get at, use, or have something. Inaccessible things are out of reach. There are a lot of ways this word is used. A building without a ramp is often called inaccessible because people who use wheelchairs can't get in. People can be inaccessible too. If your doctor has office hours only one hour a day every two months, she's really inaccessible. WORD FAMILYinaccessible: inaccessibility, inaccessibly+/access: accessed, accesses, accessible, accessing, de-access/accessibility: accessibilities/accessible: accessibility, accessibly, inaccessible, unaccessible/inaccessibility: inaccessibilities USAGE EXAMPLESMost of the buildings here are public or open to visitors, because what good is good architecture if it’s inaccessible? Slate(Dec 30, 2016) These areas are usually very inaccessible and often off limits. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Portraits in the Oval Office are largely inaccessible to the public. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all Syn|Ant unaccessible outback, remote inaccessible and sparsely populated; pathless, roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untroddenlacking pathways out of reach, unapproachable, unreachable, unreachedinaccessibly located or situated un-come-at-able, un-get-at-able, ungetatabledifficult to reach or attain accessible capable of being reached approachable, reachableeasily approached come-at-able, get-at-able, getatablecapable of being reached or attained handy, ready to handeasy to reach convenientsuited to your comfort or purpose or needs 2adj not capable of being obtained a rare work, today almost inaccessible Syn unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable unavailable not available or accessible or at hand |
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