impossible to stop or prevent 不可阻止的,难以阻挡的 the seemingly inexorable march of new technology. 新技术似乎不可阻挡的发展。 ■(of a person) impossible to persuade by request or entreaty (人)不为恳求所动的,无动于衷的 the doctors were inexorable, and there was nothing to be done. 医生们不为恳求所动,我们无计可施。
派生 inexorability noun inexorably adverb 语源
mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin inexorabilis, from in- 'not' + exorabilis (from exorare 'entreat')