| 单词 | uncontrollable |
| 释义 | uncontrollable (once / 2468 pages) adj Uncontrollable things can't be managed or influenced. An uncontrollable three-year-old can be a handful, while a politician with an uncontrollable desire for power can be dangerous. If you fly off the handle at the smallest irritation, snapping angrily at the people around you, you have an uncontrollable temper. And when you and your best friend burst into giggles in the middle of chemistry class, it's uncontrollable laughter that's going to get you in trouble. When something is controllable, it can be restricted or restrained. Add the "not" prefix un-, and you've got something uncontrollable. WORD FAMILYcontrollable: controllably, uncontrollable+/control: controled, controling, controllable, controlled, controller, controlling, controls, decontrol, self-control/controlled: controlledly, uncontrolled/controller: controllers, controllership/controlling: controllingest, controllingly/decontrol: decontrolled, decontrolling, decontrols/uncontrolled: uncontrollably, uncontrolledly USAGE EXAMPLESSome people are so sensitive to this effect that they develop uncontrollable coughing. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) They treated a man from Cornwall who suffered from uncontrollable tremors in his right hand. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) “There’s a gap, and that gap is the uncontrollable moment, and that’s what you want to look at.” New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj incapable of being controlled or managed uncontrollable children Syn uncorrectable, unmanageable incorrigible impervious to correction by punishment 2adj of persons Syn indocile, ungovernable, unruly difficult, unmanageable hard to control 3adj impossible to repress or control uncontrollable laughter Syn irrepressible uncontrolled not being under control; out of control 4adj difficult to solve or alleviate uncontrollable pain Syn unmanageable intractable not tractable; difficult to manage or mold |
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