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单词 insurmountable
释义
insurmountable
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌɪn.səˈmaʊn.tə.bəl/us
/ˌɪn.sɚˈmaʊn.t̬ə.bəl/
(especiallyof aproblemor adifficulty) sogreatthat it cannot bedealtwithsuccessfully:
（尤指问题或困难）难以克服的，不可逾越的
insurmountabledifficulties难以克服的困难
Thissmallcountryisfacedwith an insurmountabledebt.这个小国面临着难以承受的巨额债务。
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(Definition ofinsurmountablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

insurmountable| American Dictionary

insurmountable
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˌɪn·sərˈmɑʊn·tə·bəl/
(esp. of aproblemor adifficulty) sogreatthat it cannot bedealtwithsuccessfully:
As theelectionreturnscame in, it wasclearthat hisopponenthad an insurmountablelead.
(Definition ofinsurmountablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinsurmountable

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The resulting problem seemed stark, if notinsurmountable: while subjugation compromised attempts at assimilation, assimilation would falter in the absence of the necessary transformation.
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Powerful veto players such as the executive, congress and the military could presentinsurmountableobstacles.
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The subjectivity barrier is often cited as aninsurmountableobstacle to meaningful phenomenological examination of brain states.
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They chip away at societal images of old people, which seem to others to be aninsurmountableobstacle.
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For such couples, it is harder to stop unsuccessful fertility treatment than it is to keep trying in the face of almostinsurmountableodds (13).
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Experience has shown that very few patterns produceinsurmountableimpediments for the arterial switch procedure.
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However, this was not seen asinsurmountablebut rather as an area for further development.
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It remains to be seen whether the differences areinsurmountableor whether this will become a major approach to research in language learning.
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In the abstract, these are notinsurmountableproblems.
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There are twoinsurmountableproblems with this scenario.
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Studying metacognition in animals might be considered as aninsurmountablechallenge by many researchers.
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Preliminary investigations indicate that this is the case and, indeed, the analysis does not appear to offer anyinsurmountabledifficulties.
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Such a move has its own, in my viewinsurmountable, problems, but that is a topic for another paper.
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On the basis of a natural and almostinsurmountabletendency, we assume this machine to have will, intelligence, purpose, freedom.
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Normativists assume that there is aninsurmountablegap between these two worlds.
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