- 1無法模仿的；獨樹一格的
If something is inimitable, it is too good, or too much that person's own skill and style, for anyone else to copy at the same high level. A copy might exist, but it will feel thinner. You hear it as praise: an inimitable voice, an inimitable way of telling a story. It is a little fancy — more in reviews and speeches than in the shop — but people still reach for it when they mean “this could only be them, done that well.” Though actually, it does not simply mean the best in the world. A thing can be excellent and still easy to copy. Inimitable is about a skill or style so personal, and so high, that a copy cannot match it.
組成Borrowed from Middle French inimitable, from Latin inimitabilis: in- (not) + imitable (able to be copied).
同家族的字
- imitatethe verb this word says you cannot do as well
- imitablethis adjective is in- + imitable
原始詞典資料1 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。
inimitableadj/ɪnˈɪmɪtəbl̩/
- 1
Beyond imitation, surpassing all others; matchless.
- Moreover, a perfect Medal has its Profile and out-ſtroaks ſharp (Nummus aſper) and by no means rugged; the Figures clean and well poliſh'd; the Contours neatly trimm'd, and exactly round and carefully preſerv'd; that the Extancy and Relievos correſpond with the Ingraving, and have not ſuffer'd in Percuſſion; in all which, there is a certain Spirit of Antiquity and Excellency to be diſcern'd in Antient Medals almoſt inimitable.
- Sterling himself, though he had the most picturesque and inimitable vocabulary of vituperation, was highly squeamish about ordinary smut or profanity. He had indeed that nice-Nelliness which is often characteristic of the Don Juan type.
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