| 单词 | inevitable |
| 释义 | inevitable (once / 169 pages) adjn If something is inevitable, it will definitely happen, like death or tax season. Inevitable comes from the Latin word inevitabilis, which means unavoidable. If you say something is inevitable, you give the sense that no matter what scheme you come with to get around it, it's going to happen sooner or later. You can use all the skin products you want, but wrinkles are inevitable. WORD FAMILYinevitable: inevitability, inevitableness, inevitables, inevitably+/evitable: evitably, inevitable/inevitability: inevitabilities USAGE EXAMPLESWexler dismisses the argument used by leagues that since sports gambling is inevitable, they might as well push to regulate it. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) It was inevitable that she would clash with Michael, the most willful of their three children. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) An interception or two seemed inevitable for the Clemson quarterback prone to occasional bad decisions and wayward throws this season. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj incapable of being avoided or prevented the inevitable result Syn|Ant fatal, fateful controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidableimpossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion" necessaryunavoidably determined by prior circumstances avertable, avertible, avoidable, evitable capable of being avoided or warded off 2adj invariably occurring or appearing the inevitable changes of the seasons Syn predictable capable of being foretold 3n an unavoidable event don't argue with the inevitable Hyper destiny, fate an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future |
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