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词汇 impossibility
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Definition of impossibility in English:

impossibility

nounPlural impossibilities ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtiɪmˌpɑsəˈbɪlədi
mass noun
  • 1The state or fact of being impossible.

    不可能性

    the impossibility of finding reliable staff
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, the impossibility of answering the question is his very reason for asking it.
    • He knew from his own experience the near impossibility of forging a new life after prison.
    • The key concern in Jones's work is the aching desire to know the self and the ultimate impossibility of self-knowledge.
    • The sheer impossibility of summarising Oracle Night is in fact a mark of the book's strength.
    • This room should destroy the magic of the work, yet it juxtaposes the basis and the result, and heightens the sense of impossibility.
    • The other thing that sticks in my mind is the vague sense of the overwhelming impossibility of the task.
    • The first is that the interpreter has placed the idea of objective truth into the realm of impossibility.
    • How do you explain the apparent impossibility of your words?
    • The great apparent problem with this new ideology is its impossibility.
    • One of my themes is the possibility or impossibility of connection with others.
    • It was at this moment of insanity that the sheer impossibility of the situation came to him.
    • The Museum of Unworkable Devices explores the interface between hope and physical impossibility.
    • It seems likely that this was no mere oversight on his part, but in fact a logical impossibility.
    • The impossibility of reform became apparent only two years after his election.
    • Another personnel problem is the near impossibility of firing poor performers.
    • The obvious impossibility of this task only adds to its fascination.
    • The impossibility of bringing this tale to the big screen would daunt any sane filmmaker.
    • Could this be the answer to the continuing search for the home of one's dreams, and the sheer impossibility of being able to afford to buy a property in this city?
    • It stunned me, that night, just the sheer impossibility of it all.
    • My objections regarding the mathematical impossibility of such an outcome were always readily ignored.
    1. 1.1count noun An impossible thing.
      不可能的事,不可能的情况
      they believe that a world at peace is an impossibility

      他们认为和平的世界是不可能实现的景象。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Let's get all the possibilities and impossibilities on the table now.
      • After eliminating the impossibilities, the master of deduction explained, he had been left with one simple irrevocable conclusion, as plain as the nose on one's face.
      • Beware of a selfish person who seeks impossibilities.
      • Othello is a mass of temporal impossibilities.
      • It would make it easier to tell him he talked of impossibilities.
      • However, there are still passages in which Descartes says that God can bring about impossibilities (and not just that we ought not say that He cannot).
      • I could believe in impossibilities, but you made them realities.
      • Previously conceived impossibilities danced in all their minds as they forged forward.
      • Most genuine impossibilities can be made possible by enlarging the frame of reference, by relaxing the conditions tacitly taken as fixed in the original statement of impossibility.
      • I've always been an advocate that the simplest left-brain logic is often key to resolving design impossibilities with no viable counters or mending.
      • Today I shall…… try to intensify my dislike for anything false, to the point that lying and deceit become physical impossibilities for me.
      • But in my daydreaming fifteen-year-old soul, the impossibilities inherent in such a feeling only served to intensify my hero-worship of William.
      • Find the light side of your crazy day, learn to laugh about impossibilities with good friends.
      • But difficulties are not impossibilities, and the participants in this symposium discussed some of the approaches that are beginning to reduce our ignorance.
      • But even though his initial search for glory has destroyed his life, he pursues the monster with the same ardor and passion with which he created him, determined to succeed despite the physical impossibilities.
      • You'll start to get hung up on little dumb things like the physical impossibilities that riddle most of the activities the characters do.
      • Softness and subtlety mark the essence of Lost in Translation, a film that takes as its premise the impossibilities of human communication and then tells a story that transcends them.
      • The result is a borderline-incoherent story that is so riddled with holes and impossibilities that it defies understanding.
      • These murders culminate in his suicide, which is, like the murders themselves, shrouded in empirical impossibilities and supernatural improbabilities.
      • How much are we able to let go of our reality while we sleep, dreaming of impossibilities, flying without wings, achieving the unachievable?

Origin

Late Middle English: from French impossibilite or Latin impossibilitas, from impossibilis, from in- 'not' + possibilis (see possible).

Definition of impossibility in US English:

impossibility

nounɪmˌpɑsəˈbɪlədiimˌpäsəˈbilədē
  • 1The state or fact of being impossible.

    不可能性

    the impossibility of walking anywhere in this jungle
    Example sentencesExamples
    • How do you explain the apparent impossibility of your words?
    • Could this be the answer to the continuing search for the home of one's dreams, and the sheer impossibility of being able to afford to buy a property in this city?
    • The obvious impossibility of this task only adds to its fascination.
    • The sheer impossibility of summarising Oracle Night is in fact a mark of the book's strength.
    • He knew from his own experience the near impossibility of forging a new life after prison.
    • The impossibility of reform became apparent only two years after his election.
    • The great apparent problem with this new ideology is its impossibility.
    • The first is that the interpreter has placed the idea of objective truth into the realm of impossibility.
    • The impossibility of bringing this tale to the big screen would daunt any sane filmmaker.
    • The key concern in Jones's work is the aching desire to know the self and the ultimate impossibility of self-knowledge.
    • In fact, the impossibility of answering the question is his very reason for asking it.
    • The other thing that sticks in my mind is the vague sense of the overwhelming impossibility of the task.
    • Another personnel problem is the near impossibility of firing poor performers.
    • The Museum of Unworkable Devices explores the interface between hope and physical impossibility.
    • It stunned me, that night, just the sheer impossibility of it all.
    • One of my themes is the possibility or impossibility of connection with others.
    • This room should destroy the magic of the work, yet it juxtaposes the basis and the result, and heightens the sense of impossibility.
    • It was at this moment of insanity that the sheer impossibility of the situation came to him.
    • My objections regarding the mathematical impossibility of such an outcome were always readily ignored.
    • It seems likely that this was no mere oversight on his part, but in fact a logical impossibility.
    1. 1.1 An impossible thing or situation.
      不可能的事,不可能的情况
      they believe that a world at peace is an impossibility

      他们认为和平的世界是不可能实现的景象。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Previously conceived impossibilities danced in all their minds as they forged forward.
      • Today I shall…… try to intensify my dislike for anything false, to the point that lying and deceit become physical impossibilities for me.
      • I've always been an advocate that the simplest left-brain logic is often key to resolving design impossibilities with no viable counters or mending.
      • I could believe in impossibilities, but you made them realities.
      • But difficulties are not impossibilities, and the participants in this symposium discussed some of the approaches that are beginning to reduce our ignorance.
      • Beware of a selfish person who seeks impossibilities.
      • Let's get all the possibilities and impossibilities on the table now.
      • Find the light side of your crazy day, learn to laugh about impossibilities with good friends.
      • However, there are still passages in which Descartes says that God can bring about impossibilities (and not just that we ought not say that He cannot).
      • Softness and subtlety mark the essence of Lost in Translation, a film that takes as its premise the impossibilities of human communication and then tells a story that transcends them.
      • But in my daydreaming fifteen-year-old soul, the impossibilities inherent in such a feeling only served to intensify my hero-worship of William.
      • You'll start to get hung up on little dumb things like the physical impossibilities that riddle most of the activities the characters do.
      • Most genuine impossibilities can be made possible by enlarging the frame of reference, by relaxing the conditions tacitly taken as fixed in the original statement of impossibility.
      • The result is a borderline-incoherent story that is so riddled with holes and impossibilities that it defies understanding.
      • After eliminating the impossibilities, the master of deduction explained, he had been left with one simple irrevocable conclusion, as plain as the nose on one's face.
      • These murders culminate in his suicide, which is, like the murders themselves, shrouded in empirical impossibilities and supernatural improbabilities.
      • It would make it easier to tell him he talked of impossibilities.
      • How much are we able to let go of our reality while we sleep, dreaming of impossibilities, flying without wings, achieving the unachievable?
      • But even though his initial search for glory has destroyed his life, he pursues the monster with the same ardor and passion with which he created him, determined to succeed despite the physical impossibilities.
      • Othello is a mass of temporal impossibilities.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French impossibilite or Latin impossibilitas, from impossibilis, from in- ‘not’ + possibilis (see possible).

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