insupportable

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. That cannot be tolerated or endured.
    — My Lord you do me moſt inſupportable vexation.
  2. That cannot be supported; that cannot be demonstrated or proved. (of a statement, claim, argument, etc.)
    — […] the energy debate is in danger of being corrupted by misstatements small and large. Among these is the insupportable proposition that the California energy crisis can somehow be relieved by drilling in the Arctic refuge — an idea Ms. Norton echoed when she said that new drilling would “resolve some of the problems we’ve been having lately.”

词形变化

more insupportable comparative most insupportable superlative

词源

From Middle French insupportable, from Late Latin insupportabilis. See also in- + supportable.
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