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词汇 unplayable
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Definition of unplayable in English:

unplayable

adjective ʌnˈpleɪəb(ə)lˌənˈpleɪəbəl
  • 1Unable to be played.

    球无法击出的;不适宜打球的

    he thinks the ball is unplayable
    an unplayable guitar solo
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the attacks of 11 September, harmless songs were deemed unplayable, flags are deemed obligatory by some and offensive by others, paintings painted years ago are removed from gallery walls.
    • He tended to bowl too wide at times but from time to time would produce the unplayable ball.
    • The major flaws come with no online game play and the unresponsive controls can almost make the game unplayable at times.
    • While South Africa did bowl extremely well, the manner in which Pakistan capitulated had more to do with indifferent strokes than unplayable deliveries.
    • When Tchaikovsky played his First Piano Concerto for Nikolay Rubinstein, director of the Moscow Conservatoire, Rubinstein attacked it as worthless, trite and unplayable.
    • Napster requires you to log into your account with a portable player at least once a month, or the songs become unplayable.
    • Coria claims his second break with two more unplayable backhands down the line that leave Agassi stranded.
    • Ndima received an unplayable delivery from Namibian strike bowler, Gerrie Snyman, edging to wicketkeeper Morne Karg.
    • Sergio thought of taking an unplayable penalty but decided to slash it out.
    • Also, in writing for mallet percussion, non percussionist composers tend to compose at a piano keyboard resulting in numerous passages easily playable by ten fingers, yet often unplayable with four mallets.
    • The frame rate in general is pretty solid most of the time, although there are instances, such as when boulders roll in front of you, that the game is darn near unplayable for a few seconds or so.
    • Nasser Hussain could only edge an unplayable McGrath delivery to Ricky Ponting at second slip, who took a sensational sprawling catch.
    • One of the simplest but most misunderstood rules predicaments on the PGA Tour is a ball that's unplayable, says tour rules official Mark Russell.
    • His second wound up in Lytham's deep rough and was unplayable.
    • For once, though, the ground-breaking composer, whose first work was rejected as unplayable by the Royal Manchester College, has a precedent.
  • 2(of a sports pitch) too poor to play on.

    an unplayable winter pitch

    不适宜打球的冬季球场。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And the Superdome, where the team played its games, was home for thousands of refugees and was so badly damaged by Katrina that it's now considered unplayable and might have to be razed.
    • After an hour and 16 minutes of delay, umpire-in-chief Dave Phillips decided the field was unplayable, and called the second game.
    • If in the view of one side or one person the ground is unplayable and the game goes ahead, then you play an uninsured game, which could be more of a concern.
    • Poor weather left pitches unplayable, especially for training purposes, as McPartland and his selectors assessed the worth of over 60 players during trials.
    • In cup/shield games the match reverts to the away teams ground if the home pitch is unplayable.
    • As soon as he blew the whistle for half-time, referee Mr McNamara consulted with his linesmen and the two managers, decided the pitch was unplayable and abandoned proceedings.
    • Then we had a referee who took one look at it and said it was unplayable.
    • Were two clubs in Liverpool to share a pitch, under the prevailing climatic conditions along the Mersey, the surface would swiftly become all but unplayable.
    • Last week, the Terriers had travelled to Spotland with only 12 fit players, though that game was cancelled as the pitch was unplayable.
    • Referee George Cain decided the Bramall Lane pitch was unplayable at a 2pm inspection following persistent rain overnight.
    • Before the work was carried out the pitches were unplayable during the winter due to waterlogging.
    • He told me the game was off because the goalposts had been vandalised and the pitch was unplayable.
    • Their match with Hull, scheduled to kick-off at 1pm, has been postponed due to the pitch being unplayable.
    • Abbeyfeale Utd teams enjoyed a free weekend due to bad weather and unplayable pitches.
    • After all of 10 seconds at the ground, it was obvious that large parts of the pitch were unplayable.
    • A football match between the crews of two nuclear submarines at the North Pole had to be cancelled - the pitch was unplayable.
    • Of course, you would expect it to be damp in those parts of the Highlands which the Camanachd Association holds as its fiefdom and indeed shinty has suffered in recent weeks with matches being cancelled due to unplayable pitches.
    • However, at 10 am it was deemed unplayable and with little likelihood of a thaw the match was called off.
    • Some of the playing surfaces in the league are a joke, are almost unplayable and a health hazard to the players.
    • All games are timed for 11.30 a.m. with first named teams having home venue unless pitches are unplayable.

Derivatives

  • unplayably

  • adverb
    • In fact, I've previously found CMR2 very jerky under Win2k, unplayably so on my KT133-based board - that problem was not present on the nForce board at all.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Oh yeah… and he dies - but not soon enough (whenever we played D&D and rolled characters that were ‘unplayably weak,’ we ditched 'em and made new ones).
      • A careening assertion of mastery and virtuosity, the Goldberg Variations were for many years thought unplayably difficult.
      • A self-made insurance millionaire, he wrote orchestral music that veered from the banal to the unplayably complex and kept much of it in a drawer, fearing rejection.
      • This year's winner, Wyant, actually trailed two games to NONE, as noted, having served for the game at 9-8 and been caught at 9 when a Chin lob serve bounced literally at the back wall nick and hopped up unplayably glued to the back wall.

Definition of unplayable in US English:

unplayable

adjectiveˌənˈpleɪəbəlˌənˈplāəbəl
  • 1Not able to be played or played on.

    球无法击出的;不适宜打球的

    hit a high-bouncing, unplayable chop over second
    an unplayable golf course
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He tended to bowl too wide at times but from time to time would produce the unplayable ball.
    • One of the simplest but most misunderstood rules predicaments on the PGA Tour is a ball that's unplayable, says tour rules official Mark Russell.
    • Coria claims his second break with two more unplayable backhands down the line that leave Agassi stranded.
    • Nasser Hussain could only edge an unplayable McGrath delivery to Ricky Ponting at second slip, who took a sensational sprawling catch.
    • When Tchaikovsky played his First Piano Concerto for Nikolay Rubinstein, director of the Moscow Conservatoire, Rubinstein attacked it as worthless, trite and unplayable.
    • While South Africa did bowl extremely well, the manner in which Pakistan capitulated had more to do with indifferent strokes than unplayable deliveries.
    • The major flaws come with no online game play and the unresponsive controls can almost make the game unplayable at times.
    • Also, in writing for mallet percussion, non percussionist composers tend to compose at a piano keyboard resulting in numerous passages easily playable by ten fingers, yet often unplayable with four mallets.
    • Sergio thought of taking an unplayable penalty but decided to slash it out.
    • Napster requires you to log into your account with a portable player at least once a month, or the songs become unplayable.
    • For once, though, the ground-breaking composer, whose first work was rejected as unplayable by the Royal Manchester College, has a precedent.
    • His second wound up in Lytham's deep rough and was unplayable.
    • After the attacks of 11 September, harmless songs were deemed unplayable, flags are deemed obligatory by some and offensive by others, paintings painted years ago are removed from gallery walls.
    • Ndima received an unplayable delivery from Namibian strike bowler, Gerrie Snyman, edging to wicketkeeper Morne Karg.
    • The frame rate in general is pretty solid most of the time, although there are instances, such as when boulders roll in front of you, that the game is darn near unplayable for a few seconds or so.
    1. 1.1 (of music) too difficult or bad to perform.
      (音乐)不能(或不宜)演奏的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Cellists of an earlier generation (if they were at all familiar with Bach's suites) considered these works to be unplayable and musically dull and academic.
      • Twelve violins, donated by a local music shop, were decorated (most to unplayable extremes… alas) by artists.
      • Busoni thought them unplayable as written and consequently produced his own edition, with wholesale rewriting and paraphrases.
      • The Toccata originally was written for violin and conventional piano, but the repeated piano notes made it unplayable in that form, so Nancarrow later adapted it for violin and player piano.
      • If the action is badly designed, then the instrument can be difficult to play or may even be unplayable.
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