吸引力擋不住
擋不住的力量來自外面某個好東西,它把你拉過去。
impossible to resist · adjective · C2
So attractive or so good that you cannot stop yourself from wanting it or doing it.
難以抗拒
Think of it as: something pushes and you have no way to push back. You may want to resist, you may even try — but the resisting does not work.
From ir- (not) + resistible; resist goes back to Latin re- (back) + sistere (to stand, to make stand). The picture inside the word is literally 'you cannot stand against it'.
這個字是 ir-(不)+ resistible(可抵抗的)組成的;resist 來自拉丁文 re-(回、反)+ sistere(站住、使站立),字面是「站著擋回去」。所以 irresistible 裡藏的畫面比較像:你站不住、擋不回去——這正好就是現代兩個用法共同的核心。
Wiktionary etymology tree supplied in the payload (Latin in- / ir- + re- + *steh₂- 'to stand', via sistō)
Two branches
吸引力擋不住
擋不住的力量來自外面某個好東西,它把你拉過去。
impossible to resist · adjective · C2
So attractive or so good that you cannot stop yourself from wanting it or doing it.
難以抗拒
力量擋不住
同樣擋不住,但這股力量不吸引你、只是壓過你——通常從你自己內部或從情勢裡湧出來。
unstoppable (force/feeling) · adjective · C2
Too strong to be stopped or held back, used about a feeling, a force, or a need.
不可抗拒
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。
irresistibleadj/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/
Impossible to resist.
Compellingly attractive.
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。