shunless
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈʃʌnləs/|/-lɪs/
美 /ˈʃʌnləs/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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That cannot be shunned; not to be avoided; inevitable, unavoidable.
— Th' immortal Parcæ, fatal sisters three, / Of mortal men, do sing the shunless fate: / What once Was, what Is now, and what Shall Be, / Their life, their death, their fortune, and their state.
词源
From shun + -less (suffix meaning ‘lacking, without’), probably popularized by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616) by its use in his play Coriolanus (c. 1608–1609): see the quotation.
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