| 单词 | inescapable |
| 释义 | inescapable (once / 8237 pages) adj Something that's inescapable is impossible to get away from. A reluctant swimmer may stop trying to talk his mom out of making him go to swimming lessons once he realizes that learning to swim is inescapable. Any force or occurrence or duty that you just can't avoid is inescapable. Feeling angry at people you love sometimes is inescapable, and children growing older is also inescapable. The adjective combines the prefix in, or "not, the opposite of," with escapable, which comes from the Vulgar Latin word excappare, literally "get out of one's cape," or "leave a pursuer holding just one's cape." WORD FAMILYinescapable: inescapably+/escape: escaped, escapee, escapes, escaping, escapism, inescapable/escapee: escapees/escapism: escapist/escapist: escapists USAGE EXAMPLESNew Year’s Eve in New York City will always be an inescapable occasion, one on which its residents rally and reach for one another. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Firing a manager carries inescapable connotations, none of which anyone involved would really wish to be levelled at Bradley. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) The title track, “Faith,” became a pop culture staple, thanks to the infectious beat and inescapable music video. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) adj impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion" Syn ineluctable, unavoidable inevitable incapable of being avoided or prevented |
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