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 impossible [im'pɒsәbl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 不可能的, 难以置信的, 令人无法忍受的



    impossible
    [ noun ]
    1. something that cannot be done

      2. <noun.cognition>
      his assignment verged on the impossible
    [ adj ]
    1. not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with

      2. <adj.all>
      an impossible dream
      an impossible situation
    2. totally unlikely

      3. <adj.all>
    3. used of persons or their behavior

      4. <adj.all>
      impossible behavior
      insufferable insolence


    Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. impossibilis; pref.
    im- not + possibilis possible. See {Possible}.]
    Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.;
    unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command;
    insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or
    impracticable; not feasible.

    With men this is impossible; but with God all things
    are possible. --Matt. xix.
    26.

    Without faith it is impossible to please him. --Heb.
    xi. 6.

    {Impossible quantity} (Math.), an imaginary quantity. See
    {Imaginary}.

    Syn: See {Impracticable}.


    Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, n.
    An impossibility; as, he tried to do the impossible. [Obs.]

    ``Madam,'' quoth he, ``this were an impossible!''
    --Chaucer.

    1. That would be quite impossible without either uncounted cash subsidies or uncounted in-kind aid that frees up cash that otherwise would be needed for necessities.
    2. A few firefighters can knock down a small blaze that might be impossible to control if left alone, he noted.
    3. "It was impossible to imagine doing this three years ago," says Baira, a 20-year-old high-school graduate who aspires to become a floor broker at the new Mongolian Stock Exchange.
    4. But having set up a powerful broadcast network, industry executives admit it has become impossible to control completely.
    5. Movie mogul Raymond Chow recalls his initial response to a suggestion he produce a film called "Teen-Age Mutant Ninja Turtles." "It's quite impossible!
    6. Corsican brotherhoods, impossible fish stews, bad Humphrey Bogart movies.
    7. It would not be an impossible catch to hold, but it would be hard.
    8. The title song in Lady remains as irresistible as ever - almost impossible to get out of your head.
    9. Southland first proposed its restructuring in March of this year, acknowledging that dwindling profits would make it impossible to meet the debt brought on by the 1987 buyout.
    10. At 8th and M, in the city with the fifth-highest incidence of AIDS in the U.S., the disease is impossible to ignore.
    11. It also makes a return to the old ideologies impossible.
    12. Renewed fighting between Sandinistas and Contras would make campaigning impossible.
    13. Officials at the airline made the notification Thursday because of the "excessive capacity levels authorized on these routes." Making a profit woul be almost impossible, American said.
    14. A South African opposition leader said Pretoria's state-of-emergency restrictions, including censorship rules, would make it impossible to have a free and fair whites-only election May 6.
    15. "As I get closer to the White House, there are no more impossible dreams," he said.
    16. The main opposition coalition of 21 parties denounced the move, however, and boycotted the elections, saying fair elections under Ershad were impossible.
    17. The pace of the negotiations was impossible.
    18. Only when evidence of this impossible optimism becomes just mountainous do the president's men back off a bit in their predictions.
    19. "There is an unmasked intention on the part of the court to favor the men on trial, which goes to show that in Venezuela there are obstacles and structures that make justice impossible," Chacon told reporters outside the judge's chambers.
    20. This, says Mr Tagg, is not impossible.
    21. Lobito is the starting point of the Benguela railroad but rebel attacks have made it impossible for trains to travel as far as Cuemba.
    22. And the wobbliness makes nap-taking impossible.
    23. The soft option is to argue that Mr Bush left the shop in such disorder that a big reduction in the deficit over four years is, regrettably, impossible.
    24. They have taken large advertisements in tomorrow's Scottish Sunday papers. Weir says that there has been so much propaganda 'of a biased and populist kind' on the future of Scotland that objective discussion has been almost impossible.
    25. An orbiting telescope also is able to observe in the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum, which is impossible from the ground, he said.
    26. It was that quiet hope that kept Akey going Tuesday, talking about impossible combinations that could lead to election victory.
    27. In coastal areas, cyclones cause more damage, but they are much harder to predict and are considered virtually impossible to control.
    28. Such proof is all but impossible to obtain, says Anthony Z. Roisman, a former Justice Department litigator and section chief for hazardous waste.
    29. Without reductions in the deficit it would be impossible to sustain the recovery which now seems in sight. There was a more optimistic sub-text also.
    30. Also the confused and incomplete accounting records made it practically impossible to identify clear overcharges.
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