impossibility

英 [ɪmˌpɒsəˈbɪlɪti]

美 [ɪmˌpɔsɪˈbɪlɪti]

n.  办不到的事；不可能（性）

复数：impossibilities　

TEM8法律

BNC.9546 / COCA.12861

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不可能的;做不到的
  Something that isimpossiblecannot be done or cannot happen.
  1. It was impossible for anyone to get in because no one knew the password...
     因为没人知道密码,所以任何人都不可能进得去。
  2. He thinks the tax is impossible to administer...
     他认为税金没法管理。
  3. You shouldn't promise what's impossible...
     你不该许诺做不到的事情。
  4. Keller is good at describing music – an almost impossible task to do well.
     凯勒擅长描述音乐——这可是一项几乎难以做好的任务。
  5. The impossibleis something which is impossible.
     不可能做到的事;难以完成的事
  6. They were expected to do the impossible...
     他们被指望去完成难以完成的任务。
  7. No one can achieve the impossible.
     这是不可能的事，没人能做到。
• ADJ 极难应付的
  Animpossiblesituation or animpossibleposition is one that is very difficult to deal with.
  1. The Government was now in an almost impossible position.
     政府现在几乎陷入了进退维谷的境地。
• ADJ-GRADED 难以忍受的;让人受不了的
  If you describe someone asimpossible, you are annoyed that their bad behaviour or strong views make them difficult to deal with.
  1. The woman is impossible, thought Frannie.
     弗兰妮想,这个女人真让人受不了。

英英释义

noun

• an alternative that is not available
  Synonym:impossible action
• incapability of existing or occurring
  Synonym:impossibleness

双语例句

• I am unaware of anything that has a right to be called an impossibility.
  我不知道有什么事情有资格被称作不可能。
• It is, however, not an impossibility that the core of each of the three tribes was a genuine old tribe.
  也可能，有一个真正的老部落作了三个部落中每一个部落的核心。
• A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility.
  命题的分类基于必要性可能性还是不可能性。
• Impossibility to perform shall be absolute, not difficult for the obligor.
  对义务人而言，无法履行应为绝对不能履行，而非难以履行。
• As the number of customers grows, performing individual analysis of each customer quickly becomes an impossibility.
  随着客户数量的增加，快速执行对每一个客户的单一分析成为不可能的事情。
• If it is to be a great miracle, the condition is not difficulty but impossibility.
  如果是大神迹的话，情形不仅「困难」，并且「不可能」。
• The third part is about the identification of the danger in legal impossibility.
  第三部分，不能犯中危险性的认定。
• This threat to the euro is a perfectly soluble problem cloaked in an aura of impossibility.
  眼下欧元区面临的这一威胁虽然被一种不可能解决的氛围所笼罩，但其实是一个完全可以解决的问题。
• It is an impossibility for me to go there.
  去那里对我是一件不可能的事。
• Arguments based on the impossibility of perpetual motion can be used to support Newton's third law of mechanics.
  以承动机的不可能实现为基础的论据，也可用以支持牛顿第三运动定律。