| 单词 | inextricable |
| 释义 | inextricable (once / 3486 pages) adj A chain that is very badly knotted and cannot be unraveled is inextricable. You cannot disentangle it. Inextricable comes from the Latin prefix in- meaning "not" and extricare meaning "unravel." Something that is inextricable cannot be unraveled. This isn't just limited to objects. Memories from childhood can sometimes be inextricable from other associations — so bound up that it is hard to separate one from the other. WORD FAMILYinextricable: inextricably+/extricable: inextricable/extricate: extricable, extricated, extricates, extricating, extrication/extrication: extrications USAGE EXAMPLESCertainly, the two anxieties were inextricable: look away from the struggle, for one second, and you may fall. The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) They're separating Trump's racism from his economic populism, when the two are inextricable. Slate(Nov 16, 2016) The humiliations that she suffered — and the public sympathy that she reaped — were inextricable from the dueling displays of male vanity around her. Seattle Times(Nov 02, 2016) adj not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied an inextricable knot inextricable unity Syn|Ant unresolvable not capable of being resolved extricable capable of being extricated |
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