- 1無法阻擋的；不為所動的（過程停不下來，或人怎樣求都不改）
Inexorable describes a process you cannot stop, and that will not be talked out of its path. Time is inexorable. A slow illness can be. A rule applied without mercy can be. The old heart of the word is “you cannot beg it into changing its mind,” so it fits both a grinding process and a person who will not yield. It is formal and a little grave; you will meet it in news, history, and novels more than in the . People also stretch it to any strong trend: “inexorable growth,” “inexorable decline.” That is a bit looser — growth can in fact be stopped — but the word has come to mean “ .” It is not the same as “inevitable” in every sentence: inevitable says the result will happen; inexorable says the thing keeps coming and will not listen.
組成From Latin inexōrābilis, through Middle French: in-（不）+ exorable（求了會被說動的）。exorable 來自 exorare（求到對方答應），再來自 orare（懇求、禱告），與 os（嘴）同一條線。表面看就是 in- + exorable。
同家族的字
- inexorabilitythe noun for this quality
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
inexorableadj/ɪnˈɛksɔɹəbəl/
- 1
Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
- […] but inexorable yron detaines him in the dungeon of the night, fo that (pure creature) hee can neither traffique with the mercers and tailers as he was wont, nor dominere in tavernes as hee ought.
- What greater follie can there be, than for a man to torment himselfe for nothing, and that willingly and of purpose, to pray and importune him, whom he knowes to be inexorable; to knocke at that dore that cannot be opened?
- 2
Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting.
- Armed with the authority of theſe decrees, James [VI and I] reſolved to cruſh entirely the mutinous ſpirit of his ſubjects. […] The King continued inexorable, the city was declared to have forfeited its privileges as a Corporation, and to be liable to all the penalties of treaſon.
- 3
Adamant; severe.
- But to ſhew how God of a moſt loving Father becomes a ſevere and inexorable judge, without any change, this alone is to the purpoſe. For the very māner of propoſing it doth imply the ceaſing to be a loving Father which he was, but becomes a ſevere & inexorable judge, which he was not.
- You ſay, there is no Nation, except our own, where there is any Distinction made, betwixt Manſlaughter and Murder; and that the Edict against Duelling in France, is of all others the moſt inexorable. I muſt beg Leave to differ with you in both theſe Points; the Edict againſt Duelling is no more inexorable than any other Edict, but I believe it to be more juſt, becauſe founded upon the Law of God, […]
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。