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单词 inexpiable
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Definition of inexpiable in English:

inexpiable

adjective ɪnˈɛkspɪəb(ə)lɪnˈɛkspiəbəl
  • (of an offence or feeling) so bad as to be impossible to expiate.

    (罪过)不能抵偿的;不能抵赎的;(恶感)不能平息的

    an inexpiable sin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whom of your followers have I ever injured that you thus rage with inexpiable hatred against me?
    • Recourse to the discourse of human rights allows one to distinguish inexpiable crimes from those that lie within the realm of law and redemption.
    • They play a fundamental role in the capacity of colonizers to invent a rationale for their inexpiable barbarity.
    • Blackpool attempted to rally, but again a series of inexpiable officiating decisions again saw an avalanche of penalties against the visitors.
    • Thousands of soldiers sweep toward the Mediterranean coast leaving behind their dead and their dreams, to wander in the Anatolian desert under a seemingly inexpiable curse.
    Synonyms
    inexcusable, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unforgivable

Derivatives

  • inexpiably

  • adverbɪnˈɛkspɪəbliɪnˈɛkspiəbli
    • We sin - and for us inexpiably- against our own souls. How much less, then, can we atone to our injured, neglected, sin-stung God?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Not having done inexpiably wrong in deeds and actions, we are properly faithful to the objects of faith.
      • We are pitted against each other, condemned to inflicting the greatest possible pain on each other, inexpiably.
      • The bringers of Tuesday's terror were morally ‘barbaric’, inexpiably so, but they brought a demented sophistication to their work.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin inexpiabilis, from in- 'not' + expiabilis 'able to be appeased' (from expiare 'expiate').

Definition of inexpiable in US English:

inexpiable

adjectiveinˈekspēəbəlɪnˈɛkspiəbəl
  • (of an offense or feeling) so bad as to be impossible to expiate.

    (罪过)不能抵偿的;不能抵赎的;(恶感)不能平息的

    an inexpiable sin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Blackpool attempted to rally, but again a series of inexpiable officiating decisions again saw an avalanche of penalties against the visitors.
    • Recourse to the discourse of human rights allows one to distinguish inexpiable crimes from those that lie within the realm of law and redemption.
    • Thousands of soldiers sweep toward the Mediterranean coast leaving behind their dead and their dreams, to wander in the Anatolian desert under a seemingly inexpiable curse.
    • They play a fundamental role in the capacity of colonizers to invent a rationale for their inexpiable barbarity.
    • Whom of your followers have I ever injured that you thus rage with inexpiable hatred against me?
    Synonyms
    inexcusable, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unforgivable

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin inexpiabilis, from in- ‘not’ + expiabilis ‘able to be appeased’ (from expiare ‘expiate’).

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