| 单词 | insufferable |
| 释义 | insufferable (once / 3154 pages) adj If something is insufferable, it's unbearable and impossible, like the insufferable humidity of the "rain forest room" at the zoo on a hot summer day. You can see the word suffer in insufferable — and it's no coincidence. If it's unacceptable or too much to handle, it's insufferable. An egotistic co-worker is insufferable, and so is a blizzard that leaves six-foot drifts against the doors of your house, or insufferable working conditions in many of the factories that produce goods around the world. WORD FAMILYinsufferable: insufferably+/suffer: sufferable, sufferance, suffered, sufferer, suffering, suffers/sufferable: insufferable, sufferably, unsufferable/sufferance: sufferances/sufferer: sufferers/suffering: sufferingly, sufferings/unsufferable: unsufferably USAGE EXAMPLESNow, if you ask me, theologians are not too far removed from the insufferable cloistered scribes of the nation’s greatest newspaper. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) In the revival, Rory, as many have pointed out, has become insufferable — a disappointment to the fans that used to look up to her. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) “You have to make choices, or it becomes insufferably large,” Mr. Spiegler said. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) adj used of persons or their behavior insufferable insolence Syn impossible, unacceptable, unsufferable intolerable, unbearable, unendurable incapable of being put up with |
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