Inextricable



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 无法摆脱的
• ［英］ adj. 无法摆脱的 ( that cannot be disentangled)
• ［记］ in ( 不) +extric ( 摆脱) +able -> 不能摆脱的;
• ［同］ 参考: extricate ( 拯救, 摆脱)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin inextricabilis, from in- + extricabilis extricable
• Date: 15th century
• 1. forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free
• 2.
  • a. incapable of being disentangled or untied <an inextricable knot>
  • b. not capable of being solved
• ? inextricability noun
• ? inextricably adverb

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