insurmountable

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable
    — Getting everybody to agree proved to be an insurmountable difficulty.

词形变化

more insurmountable comparative most insurmountable superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English surmount
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English surmountable
English insurmountable
From in- + surmountable.
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