indispensable
indispensable 英 [ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl] 美 [ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl]
adj. 不可或缺的；必不可少的
名词复数:indispensables
- Indispensable is a strong adjective for something that you couldn't do without. If you have asthma and you're packing for summer vacation, your inhaler is indispensable, unless you enjoy gasping on the beach.
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- adj. 不可或缺的；必不可少的
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1. Cars have become an indispensable part of our lives.
汽车已成了我们生活中必不可少的一部份。
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2. She made herself indispensable to the department.
她成为这个部门不可缺少的一分子。
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3. A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a foreign language.
一本好词典是学习外语必备的。
- indispensable (adj.) 1530s, "not subject to dispensation," from Medieval Latin *indispensabilis, from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + dispensabilis, from Latin dispensare "disburse, administer, distribute (by weight)" (see dispense). Meaning "necessary" is from 1690s. From 17c. into 19c. often spelled indispensible, but modern dictionaries considered this improper.
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