impossible
US
UK impossible adj: (cannot be done)
SC 不可能的 bù kě néng de
It's impossible to do that much work in one day.
impossible adj: (cannot happen)
SC 不可能发生的
SC 不可能出现的
It's impossible for the sun to rise in the west.
impossible adj: (absurd)
SC 不合理的 bù hé lǐ de
SC 有悖常理的
The world economy can't just crash over night, that's impossible.
impossible adj: ([sb]: difficult) (人)
SC 很难对付的，难相处的 hěn nán duì fù de ，nán xiāng chǔ de
Karen complained, "My boss is impossible, he keeps asking me to work on the weekends."
absolutely impossible adj: (not at all possible)
SC 绝对不可能 jué duì bù kě néng
It is absolutely impossible to win at most carnival games.
I would find it absolutely impossible to leap over a wall with a single bound.
do the impossible v expr: (achieve [sth] not thought achievable)
SC 完成不可能完成的任务 wán chéng bù kě néng wán chéng de rèn wù
SC 迎接巨大的挑战 wán chéng bù kě néng wán chéng de rèn wù，yíng jiē jù dà de tiǎo zhàn
The UN Secretary did the impossible by getting the two sides to sit down for peace talks.
impossible to wear adj: US, figurative (person: intolerable)
SC 难打交道
TC 難打交道
TC 難打交道
SC 让人难以忍受
Everyone says she is nice, but I find her impossible to wear.
nearly impossible adj: (that almost cannot be done)
SC 几乎不可能的 jī hū bù kě néng de
It's nearly impossible to get a good grade from my English teacher.
- incongruously
- in conjunction
- in connection with
- in consequence
- inconsequence
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- inconsiderate
- inconsiderately
- inconsideration
- in consideration of
- inconsistency
- inconsistent
- inconsistently
- inconsolable
- inconsolably
- inconspicuous
- inconspicuously
- inconstancy
- inconstant
- incontestability
- incontestable
- in context
- incontinence
- incontinent