inexorable
/ɪnˈeksərəbl/adjective
1- impossible to stop or prevent不可阻止的, 难以阻挡的:
the seemingly inexorable march of new technology.
新技术似乎不可阻挡的发展。
1.1
- (of a person) impossible to persuade by request or entreaty(人)不为恳求所动的, 无动于衷的:
the doctors were inexorable, and there was nothing to be done.
医生们不为恳求所动, 我们无计可施。
派生词
inexorability
nouninexorably
adverb词源
mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin inexorabilis, from in- 'not' + exorabilis (from exorare 'entreat').