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单词 inevitable
释义 in·ev·i·ta·ble
I. \ə̇ˈnevəd.əbəl, -v(ə)təb-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inevitabilis, from in- in- (I) + evitabilis evitable — more at evitable
1. : incapable of being avoided or evaded
 < inevitable result >
 < inevitable day of reckoning >
: being or seeming to be in the natural order of things or foreordained
 < inevitable phrase >
 < landscape, as an inevitable expression of the Romantic spirit — F.J.Mather >
 < once we admit … that war is natural and inevitable — Vera M. Dean >
2. : certain to occur or to confront one
 < allowing for the inevitable delays of such a journey >
 < the inevitable gas stations at every crossroad >
 < over the pine mantel … were the inevitable antlers — Gertrude Atherton >
in·ev·i·ta·ble·ness \-nə̇s\ noun -es
in·ev·i·ta·bly \-blē, -bli\ adverb
II. noun
(-s)
: something that is inevitable
 < should the symptoms of aging be studied as the natural inevitables of a cyclic process — Louis Berman >
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