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单词 insoluble
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Definition of insoluble in English:

insoluble

adjective ɪnˈsɒljʊb(ə)lɪnˈsɑljəb(ə)l
  • 1Impossible to solve.

    无法解决的

    the problem is not insoluble

    这一问题不是不能解决。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sometimes, it seems insoluble and very frustrating for those of us who have to ask questions on both sides of the ledger.
    • Since this stand-off is logically insoluble, despair is indeed understandable.
    • The whole affair still disturbs Barr who as an engineer is not averse to wrestling for long hours with a seemingly insoluble technical problem, but he really would like to move on.
    • Racism in our country is a situation which is still a very difficult one, but not insoluble.
    • The prime minister faces a seemingly insoluble dilemma.
    • It's probably one of those insoluble mysteries, like what happened to the crew of the Marie Celeste, or where I put down my mug of tea.
    • Is it good enough in this day and age to accept it as an insoluble problem and allow it to continue?
    • The most immediate priorities facing her on the arts front are either insoluble or politically weighted.
    • There is a dilemma here, but it is not insoluble.
    • But therein lay a seemingly insoluble dilemma: that way - the only way - did not seem a possible way.
    • He also found there was no evidence that insoluble problems would be caused for the management of elections if the deposits requirement was not there.
    • Often it seems that Africa's problems are insoluble.
    • The sneaky truth was that Loyd's puzzle was insoluble - something that contemporaneous mathematicians soon proved.
    • He promises that there are no insoluble puzzles in the story - if you pay attention, Primer eventually gives up all its ghosts.
    • With a bit of tweaking, we can translate this as: the architecture of our symbolic systems runs into insoluble difficulties at the edges.
    • While we are bound to get the hang of such a new system soon, the nappy problems sound insoluble.
    • There were no bad endings, no insoluble questions.
    • His married life was dominated by an insoluble dilemma.
    • Before the Jubilee the dilemma may have looked insoluble.
    • There is no insoluble and eternal waste problem as with nuclear power.
    Synonyms
    unsolvable, insolvable, unable to be solved, without a solution, unanswerable, unresolvable
    unfathomable, impenetrable, unexplainable, inscrutable
    baffling, puzzling, perplexing, enigmatic, obscure, mystifying, mysterious, inexplicable
  • 2(of a substance) incapable of being dissolved.

    (物质)不能溶解的

    once dry, the paints become insoluble in water

    这些颜料一旦干了就不溶于水了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The reaction of calcium ions with oxalic acid produces an insoluble solid, calcium oxalate.
    • Copal is a general term for very hard, insoluble resins, where the polymer is usually cross-linked to form a tough matrix.
    • It is virtually insoluble in water, but it will dissolve in organic solvents.
    • The gums are insoluble in alcohol while the resins or oleo-resins will pass completely into solution.
    • Because these vitamins are insoluble in water, they tend not to be lost in cooking.
    • There it combines with carbon dioxide from the air to produce calcium carbonate (an insoluble material) and water.
    • The resulting calcium carbonate is quite insoluble in water and sinks to the bottom.
    • Like all fatty acids stearic acid is insoluble in water, but is soluble in ether and hot alcohol.
    • Important pigments include inorganic oxides and insoluble salts, which are mechanically mixed in a coating material.
    • The compound nickel dimethylglyoxime looks like strawberry-pink lipstick, insoluble in water.
    • Biological molecules that are insoluble in aqueous solutions and soluble in organic solvents are classified as lipids.
    • They are generally insoluble in water, and dissolve in nonpolar solvents.
    • Bilirubin is difficult to excrete because internal hydrogen bonding makes it almost completely insoluble in water.
    • The calcite is an insoluble mineral, which upon death of the organisms sinks to the floor of the body of water and accumulates in the sediment.
    • The exact figures for wines vary slightly according to grape variety and region, but experience shows that about a half of the tartrate soluble in grape juice is insoluble in wine.
    • The insoluble potassium perchlorate was removed by centrifugation at 500 g for 3 min.
    • It runs into the gel, and always at the same size, but it's insoluble?
    • When calcium and magnesium ions in the filtrate combine with phosphate radicals, either soluble or insoluble salts will form.
    • When the number of carbons is greater than 12, the materials are nearly insoluble in water.
    • The catalyst is mostly insoluble in this solvent at room temperature so subsequent cooling allowed them to precipitate it for recovery.
    Synonyms
    not soluble, indissoluble, incapable of dissolving

Derivatives

  • insolubility

  • noun ɪnsɒljʊˈbɪlɪtiɪnˌsɑljəˈbɪlədi
    • It is in the insolubility of these mysteries that the continued fascination with Hitler resides.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The very property that makes it useful in the cell membrane, namely its insolubility in water, also makes it lethal.
      • Fermentability of dietary fibre components in the colon has also been related to some of the beneficial physiological effects more consistently than solubility / insolubility.
      • Phosphorus is found in all living cells, but some scientists doubt that the most common form of phosphorus - phosphate - helped form life on earth due to its insolubility in water.
      • He admits the insolubility of human reason of the basic metaphysical problem i.e. how becoming arose out of immutable being and plurality out of Unity.
  • insolubilize

  • verb ɪnˈsɒljʊbɪlʌɪzɪnˈsɑljəbəˌlaɪz
    [with object]
    • Make (a substance) incapable of dissolving.

      (物质)不能溶解的

      the polymer must be insolubilized
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Lower levels may be insufficient to insolubilize the portions of the photoimageable composition layer that have been exposed to actinic radiation.
      • Industrial applications for these materials have been expanded by the use of additives to plasticize, emulsify or insolubilize these products.
  • insolubly

  • adverb
    • In sum, the bill remains insolubly problematic, despite its limitations.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And so wars continue, endlessly and insolubly.
      • Different souls contribute to a movie, more often than not in cheerful company; a book is surrendered by one insolubly trapped victim of solitude.
      • I propose another model that does better in accounting for the nuances of masculinity in the Western, for I do not find the genre's representation of masculinity as insolubly conflicted as Pumphrey suggests.
      • Tis the season of insolubly hard quizzes compiled for precocious public school boys, so here's my contribution.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin insolubilis, from in- 'not' + solubilis (see soluble).

Definition of insoluble in US English:

insoluble

adjectiveɪnˈsɑljəb(ə)linˈsälyəb(ə)l
  • 1Impossible to solve.

    无法解决的

    the problem is not insoluble

    这一问题不是不能解决。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Since this stand-off is logically insoluble, despair is indeed understandable.
    • His married life was dominated by an insoluble dilemma.
    • The sneaky truth was that Loyd's puzzle was insoluble - something that contemporaneous mathematicians soon proved.
    • He promises that there are no insoluble puzzles in the story - if you pay attention, Primer eventually gives up all its ghosts.
    • Racism in our country is a situation which is still a very difficult one, but not insoluble.
    • The whole affair still disturbs Barr who as an engineer is not averse to wrestling for long hours with a seemingly insoluble technical problem, but he really would like to move on.
    • The prime minister faces a seemingly insoluble dilemma.
    • There were no bad endings, no insoluble questions.
    • The most immediate priorities facing her on the arts front are either insoluble or politically weighted.
    • He also found there was no evidence that insoluble problems would be caused for the management of elections if the deposits requirement was not there.
    • There is no insoluble and eternal waste problem as with nuclear power.
    • Often it seems that Africa's problems are insoluble.
    • But therein lay a seemingly insoluble dilemma: that way - the only way - did not seem a possible way.
    • Is it good enough in this day and age to accept it as an insoluble problem and allow it to continue?
    • Before the Jubilee the dilemma may have looked insoluble.
    • With a bit of tweaking, we can translate this as: the architecture of our symbolic systems runs into insoluble difficulties at the edges.
    • Sometimes, it seems insoluble and very frustrating for those of us who have to ask questions on both sides of the ledger.
    • While we are bound to get the hang of such a new system soon, the nappy problems sound insoluble.
    • There is a dilemma here, but it is not insoluble.
    • It's probably one of those insoluble mysteries, like what happened to the crew of the Marie Celeste, or where I put down my mug of tea.
    Synonyms
    unsolvable, insolvable, unable to be solved, without a solution, unanswerable, unresolvable
  • 2(of a substance) incapable of being dissolved.

    (物质)不能溶解的

    once dry, the paints become insoluble in water

    这些颜料一旦干了就不溶于水了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There it combines with carbon dioxide from the air to produce calcium carbonate (an insoluble material) and water.
    • Biological molecules that are insoluble in aqueous solutions and soluble in organic solvents are classified as lipids.
    • When calcium and magnesium ions in the filtrate combine with phosphate radicals, either soluble or insoluble salts will form.
    • Copal is a general term for very hard, insoluble resins, where the polymer is usually cross-linked to form a tough matrix.
    • It is virtually insoluble in water, but it will dissolve in organic solvents.
    • When the number of carbons is greater than 12, the materials are nearly insoluble in water.
    • The gums are insoluble in alcohol while the resins or oleo-resins will pass completely into solution.
    • Important pigments include inorganic oxides and insoluble salts, which are mechanically mixed in a coating material.
    • The exact figures for wines vary slightly according to grape variety and region, but experience shows that about a half of the tartrate soluble in grape juice is insoluble in wine.
    • The reaction of calcium ions with oxalic acid produces an insoluble solid, calcium oxalate.
    • The resulting calcium carbonate is quite insoluble in water and sinks to the bottom.
    • Because these vitamins are insoluble in water, they tend not to be lost in cooking.
    • The calcite is an insoluble mineral, which upon death of the organisms sinks to the floor of the body of water and accumulates in the sediment.
    • Bilirubin is difficult to excrete because internal hydrogen bonding makes it almost completely insoluble in water.
    • Like all fatty acids stearic acid is insoluble in water, but is soluble in ether and hot alcohol.
    • The insoluble potassium perchlorate was removed by centrifugation at 500 g for 3 min.
    • They are generally insoluble in water, and dissolve in nonpolar solvents.
    • The compound nickel dimethylglyoxime looks like strawberry-pink lipstick, insoluble in water.
    • The catalyst is mostly insoluble in this solvent at room temperature so subsequent cooling allowed them to precipitate it for recovery.
    • It runs into the gel, and always at the same size, but it's insoluble?
    Synonyms
    not soluble, indissoluble, incapable of dissolving

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin insolubilis, from in- ‘not’ + solubilis (see soluble).

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