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单词 impracticable
释义
impracticable
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpræk.tɪ.kə.bəl/us
/ɪmˈpræk.tɪ.kə.bəl/
If acourseofaction,plan, etc. is impracticable, it isimpossibleto do in aneffectiveway:
（行动方案、计划等）行不通的，不可行的
Thechangesto thetaxsystemprovedimpracticable as they wereimpossibletoenforce.税制改革因无法实施而被证明是行不通的。
Synonyms
infeasibleUS
unfeasible
unworkable
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(Definition ofimpracticablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpracticable

impracticable
Unfortunately, the logarithm prevents every useful factorization of such an average and makes this methodimpracticable.
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This project engaged some attention, but it was soon felt to beimpracticable, and the thought was consequently abandoned.
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First, while the use of a postal questionnaire made the collection of qualitative dataimpracticable, it enabled a large number of homes to be surveyed.
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Proxy interviews were employed when direct interviews wereimpracticablefor reasons of failing health or cognitive impairment.
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No doubt it would be quiteimpracticable,32 but the possibility at least illustrates the distinction between the two types of legal relation.
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What does it mean to say that rewarding desert is 'impracticable'?
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If a medical examination proved to be 'impracticable', then the petition had to instead be accompanied by a certificate to that effect.
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In the case of passenger traffic this would beimpracticable, and the only solution of the problem is extensive clearing.
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They are somewhatimpracticableto use because of the difficulty in describing them.
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Some commentators certainly think that, though the scheme may ultimately beimpracticable, it is in principle the appropriate egalitarian policy.
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Unfortunately, such a sweeping scope of moral concern for the prima facie duty of nonmaleficence is highlyimpracticable.
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But, till a gravity network of ideas replaced the flat-earth network, the idea that the earth was round was also tooimpracticableto suggest.
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However, cordons sanitaires - that is, strict protection of a linear border - had become increasinglyimpracticable.
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However, in our case, about 70000 levels resulted from the considered configurations, which make the direct calculations almostimpracticablein time.
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Also, non-linearities in cell responses make, for example, multiplexing of luminance and chromatic signals in the parvocellular pathwayimpracticable.
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