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impassable

/im-pas-uh-buhl, -pah-suh-/US // ɪmˈpæs ə bəl, -ˈpɑ sə- //UK // (ɪmˈpɑːsəbəl) //

不可逾越,不可逾越的,不可穿越的,不可逾越的障碍

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not passable; not allowing passage over, through, along, etc.: Heavy snow made the roads impassable.
    • : unable to be surmounted: an impassable obstacle to further negotiations.
    • : unable to be circulated: He tore the bill in half, making it impassable.

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Examples

  • Officials said customers could experience delays, and additional routes could be suspended if roads become impassable.

  • Unwisely, he took a shortcut and so missed the impassable Cabora Bassa cataracts blocking the river.

  • Like a quietly heroic astronaut-to-be from Wapakoneta, Ohio, now gone, they have similar dreams that “nothing is impassable.”

  • Our beach path was impassable, we found another way on the back road.

  • Many roads throughout Europe are impassable—Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are particularly stricken.

  • The road from the Rwanda-Congo border to Bukavu—a war-torn city on the southeastern edge of Lake Kivu—was almost impassable.

  • The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.

  • The channel between Bernier and Dorre is about a mile and a half wide, but is so blocked up by rocks as to be impassable.

  • The direct road was quite impassable and we were compelled to get into the city through by-streets—not an easy task.

  • At Naples, where I spent six days, I saw nothing, because in bad weather the town is impassable.

  • He came back, with the report that new shells had made the way impassable; and again Sara Lee shivered.