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- certain to happen; unavoidable必然发生的; 不可避免的：
war was inevitable.
战争不可避免。
1.1
- informal so frequently experienced or seen that it is completely predictable〈非正式〉照例必有的; 老一套的; 司空见惯的：
the inevitable letter from the bank.
来自银行的例信。
noun
the inevitable
- a situation that is unavoidable不可避免的情形。
派生词
inevitability
nouninevitably
adverb不可避免地, 政策失败被归咎于政府。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin inevitabilis, from in- 'not' + evitabilis 'avoidable' （from evitare 'avoid'）.