inexorable
inexorable 英 [ɪnˈeksərəbl] 美 [ɪnˈɛksərəbəl]
adj. 无情的；不屈不挠的；不可阻挡的；无法改变的
- When a person is inexorable, they're stubborn. When a thing or process is inexorable, it can't be stopped.
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- adj. 无情的；不屈不挠的；不可阻挡的；无法改变的
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1. At this point, the first view of China morphs into the second and we start to hear hysterical warnings of the threat posed by China’s inexorable rise.
从这点上说，第一种对中国的看法会逐渐演变成第二种，我们开始听到对中国不可阻挡的崛起所造成的威胁的疯狂的警告。
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2. But that would simply be a pause in the inexorable decline — inexorable, that is, if we don't curb carbon emissions soon.
但那也只可能是不可阻挡的下降趋势的中止---不可阻挡发生的条件是我们不能很快的控制住碳排放。
- inexorable (adj.) "unyielding, unrelenting," 1550s, from Middle French inexorable and directly from Latin inexorabilis "that cannot be moved by entreaty, unyielding," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + exorabilis "able to be entreated," from exorare "to prevail upon," from ex "out" (see ex-) + orare "pray" (see orator). Related: Inexorably; inexorability.
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