单词 | impossible |
释义 | impossible —impossibleness, n. —impossibly, adv. /im pos"euh beuhl/, adj. 1. not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc. 2. unable to be done, performed, effected, etc.: an impossible assignment. 3. incapable of being true, as a rumor. 4. not to be done, endured, etc., with any degree of reason or propriety: an impossible situation. 5. utterly impracticable: an impossible plan. 6. hopelessly unsuitable, difficult, or objectionable. [1250-1300; ME < L impossibilis. See IM-2, POSSIBLE] Syn. 6. unbearable, intolerable, unmanageable. |
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