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Inevitability is the fact that something is going to happen, and nothing can stop it. You use it when the ending already feels fixed: a storm that will arrive, a change that will come, a secret that will come out.
Inevitability is the factInevitability指的是一個事實 that something is going to happen也就是某件事一定會發生 and nothing can stop it而且沒有任何辦法能阻止它 You use it when the ending already feels fixed當結局已經感覺注定的時候,你會用這個字 a storm that will arrive像是即將來臨的暴風雨 a change that will come即將發生的改變 a secret that will come out或即將曝光的秘密
People also use it for the thing itself — “War began to feel like an inevitability” means war felt like the thing that was bound to happen, not just a chance. It is a rather formal, noun.
People also use it for the thing itself人們也會用它來指這件事本身 — "War began to feel like an inevitability"像『War began to feel like an inevitability』(戰爭開始讓人覺得是必然)這句話 means war felt like the thing that was bound to happen意思是戰爭讓人感覺是注定會發生的 not just a chance而不只是有可能發生而已 It is a rather formal, bookish noun這是一個相當正式、書面的名詞
In ordinary talk, people more often say “it was bound to happen” or “there was no way around it.” Writers like it because it names the heavy feeling that the future has already been decided. Though actually, speakers sometimes reach for it when they only mean “very likely,” which is a little looser than the tidy dictionary picture.
In ordinary talk在日常對話裡 people more often say "it was bound to happen" or "there was no way around it."人們比較常說『這是注定會發生的』或『這是躲不掉的』 Writers like it because it names the heavy feeling作家喜歡用這個字,因為它能點出那種沉重的感覺 that the future has already been decided也就是未來已經被決定了 Though actually不過實際上 speakers sometimes reach for it when they only mean "very likely,"有時候人們用這個字,其實只是想表達『很有可能』 which is a little looser than the tidy dictionary picture這比字典上整齊的定義要鬆一點
組成inevitable(不可避免的)+ -ity(把形容詞變成「那種性質」的名詞)。inevitable 本身是 in-(不)+ evitable(躲得掉的)。
同家族的字
- inevitablethe adjective this noun is built from
- inevitablythe adverb from the same stem
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inevitabilitynoun/ɪˌnɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪti/
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The condition of being inevitable.
- Now, cramped and outclassed as Euston has become, rebuilding hangs over it with an awful inevitability.
- Smalling’s quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left an air of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero’s goal bearing in mind another of United’s defenders, Marcos Rojo, was taken off on a stretcher early in the second half with a dislocated shoulder.
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An inevitable condition or outcome.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。