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insupportable

/in-suh-pawr-tuh-buhl, -pohr-/US // ˌɪn səˈpɔr tə bəl, -ˈpoʊr- //UK // (ˌɪnsəˈpɔːtəbəl) //

不堪忍受,不可行,难以忍受,难以忍受的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
    • : incapable of support or justification, as by evidence or collected facts: an insupportable accusation.

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Examples

  • In her divorce petition, Zina wrote: “The marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities.”

  • Well, there are reasons for these rules, all right, but they're terrible, reactionary, insupportable.

  • But outside The New Republic, the idea that the “left” is not supporting this bill is insupportable and always has been.

  • She had not advanced as rapidly as she had hoped to do, and it would be insupportable humiliation to return.

  • The wretched inefficiency of Edward had by this time rendered the position of his adherents in Scotland all but insupportable.

  • The light wounds him, glory is a sight insupportable to him, and makes him want to veil his eyes with his bat-like wings.

  • I was glad when the darkness fell again, for the sight of his bowed head and set features was insupportable to me.

  • At first this melancholy task was insupportable, but I persevered; and in a short time became reconciled to it.