impossibility

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti/    美 /ɪmˌpɑsɪˈbɪliti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that is impossible. countable,uncountable
    — Meeting the deadline is an impossibility; there is no way we can be ready in time.
  2. The quality of being impossible. uncountable
    — 1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, Henry VIII, year 15, After long reasonyng, there wer certain appoynted, to declare the impossibilite of this demaunde to the Cardinal,
    Fanny Hill
  3. The state of being unable to do something. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Here by this petition whan we say, Leade vs not into temptation, we learne to know our own impossibilitie and infirmitie, namely that we bee not able of our owne selues to with∣stand this great and mightye enemye the deuill.

词形变化

impossibilities plural

词汇关系

近义词
castle in the air impossibility pie in the sky pipe dream
反义词
certainty inevitability possibility sure thing
衍生词
Abel's impossibility theorem
相关词
absurdity
并列词
infeasibility unrealizability impracticality

词源

From Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās. By surface analysis, im- + possibility and impossible + -ity.
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