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An insuperable difficulty is one you cannot get over, no matter how hard you try. The word almost always sits with problems, barriers, or obstacles — not with people. It is formal and a little old-fashioned; in everyday talk most people say impossible or "we just cannot do it." Serious writing still likes it because it sounds complete: not "very hard," but "cannot be beaten." Though actually, writers sometimes reach for it when the problem is only huge, not truly impossible. In careful use, insuperable means there is no way through.
無法克服的(偏書面)
組成From Latin insuperabilis: in- (not) + a piece meaning "able to be overcome." The Latin already meant "that cannot be got over."
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。
insuperableadj/ɪnˈsup(ə)ɹəb(ə)l/
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Impossible to achieve or overcome or be negotiated.
- Regular services for passengers and goods were maintained for almost 50 years, but the speed limit of 16 m.p.h., imposed by the Board of Trade, proved an insuperable handicap after the introduction of competitive motor bus services.
- While Indian English may not have a uniform standard form throughout the country, this in itself is not an insuperable obstacle for lexicography.
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Overwhelming or insurmountable.
- For the first time I steadily reviewed the obstacles—and to consider them was at once to see they were insuperable.
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。