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单词 unforeseeable
释义
unforeseeable
adjective
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/ˌʌn.fɔːˈsiː.ə.bəl/us
/ˌʌn.fɔːrˈsiː.ə.bəl/
An unforeseeableeventorsituationis one that cannot beknownabout orguessedbefore ithappens:
无法预见的；无法预言的；无法预料的
Lossdueto unforeseeablecircumstancesisborneby thepurchaser.由于不可预见的情况造成的损失由买方承担。
Thesecountrieswerefacinga verygravecrisiswith unforeseeableconsequences.这些国家正面临着一场非常严重的危机，结果无法预料。
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  • Theyarguedthat the doctor'smistakesdid notnecessarilycausethedeath. Rather, unforeseeabledruginteractionswere morelikelytoblame.
  • Theconsequenceswere by nomeansunforeseeable.
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(Definition ofunforeseeablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunforeseeable

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Unforeseeablesound events leave no promises and open no temporal horizons, leaving no traces of themselves in time.
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Unforeseeableevents occurred, the contract was exceeded and re-negotiations were necessary.
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They represent the cumulative andunforeseeableresult of a large number of innovations and changes.
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It may turn out that both will be needed in some as yetunforeseeablecombination.
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Another familiar phenomenon is the oftenunforeseeablevictory of a de facto standard over the official version.
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Courts uncomfortable with this result have simply declared that third-party wrongdoing isunforeseeable.
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It implies living and reflecting the experience of the epic world view, with the unintended and hence to some degreeunforeseeableconsequences of our actions.
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Even if most of the warlords have been included in the new government, the situation in the city is stillunforeseeable.
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I focus on the principle of indifference, which tells us to treatunforeseeableconsequences as cancelling each other out, and hence valueneutral.
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An accident that is-relative to current evidence-unforeseeableis not an accident for which one can be held liable in negligence law.
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It is not omission, since there is no agency in a case of unconsciousness due tounforeseeableexternal forces.
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They optimise theunforeseeablewhen the original conditions of the system cannot be restored by reversal and, at the same time, non-linearity.
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I expected a bit of a compliment f or being sensible in the use of a medication in response to anunforeseeablesy mptom.
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Consequentialism gives us a straightforward answer, even though our actions will set offunforeseeablelong-run effects.
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Perhaps all he meant to say was that we are not responsible for theunforeseeableconsequences.
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