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surmountable

/ser-mount/US // sərˈmaʊnt //UK // (sɜːˈmaʊnt) //

不可逾越的,可克服的,不可逾越,不可战胜的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
    • : to get over or across.
    • : to prevail over: to surmount tremendous difficulties.
    • : to be on top of or above: a statue surmounting a pillar.
    • : to furnish with something placed on top or above: to surmount a tower with a spire.
    • : Obsolete. to surpass in excellence.to exceed in amount.

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Examples

  • Katie believed she could surmount any challenge she faced even as she remained highly dependent on her family — “Team Katie Stevo,” they call themselves — to advance.

  • Either one of these alone is surmountable for a skilled and ambitious politician.

  • Her successes come easy enough to her that any obstacles seem surmountable.

  • Sometimes, it bothers me when the problems that come between people are easily surmountable.

  • To be sure, the rent conrol issues are daunting, but they're at least theoretically surmountable.

  • We also seem to be on the edge of a new continent, separated not by oceans but by subtle and surmountable psychic conditions.

  • Finally, she guessed Berthas present difficulty; and it seemed easily surmountable.

  • When a foreign language ceases to offer such surmountable difficulties, we leave it for something else that does offer them.

  • He had counted upon all obstacles but this; and all other obstacles were surmountable, but this was insurmountable.

  • Once at least within historic memory the barrier of the Caucasus had proved to be surmountable.