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IELTS BNC: 1340 COCA: 1606

impossible

Word family 
im·pos·si·ble1 /ɪmˈpɒsəbəl $ ɪmˈpɑː-/ ●●● S2 W2 adjectiveadj  
1  IMPOSSIBLEsomething that is impossible cannot happen or be done 不可能发生的；办不到的 OPP possible
 ‘I want to speak to Mr Franks.’ ‘I’m afraid that’s impossible.’
“我想和弗兰克斯先生谈谈。”“恐怕不行。”
 It’s impossible to be accurate about these things.
这些事情不可能准确无误。
 The noise made sleep impossible.
噪音吵得人无法睡觉。
 Members with young children often found it impossible to attend evening meetings.
有小孩的会员常觉得没法参加晚上的聚会。
 It is difficult to find work these days, but for blind people it is virtually impossible.
现在找工作很难，对于盲人来说几乎是不可能。
 He was faced with a seemingly impossible task.
他面临着似乎不可能完成的任务。
 It was physically impossible to get the fridge through the door.
根本不可能把冰箱从这扇门搬过去。
 Six months ago, peace seemed an impossible dream.
六个月前和平还似乎是个无法实现的梦。
 Such mental attitudes are difficult, if not impossible, to change.
即使有可能，要改变这样的心态也是很难的。
2  DIFFICULTPROBLEMa situation that is impossible is one that you cannot deal with 无法处理的，极难对付的
 We were in an impossible situation. Whatever we decided to do would upset someone.
我们处于两难的境地。 无论我们决定做什么都会有人不开心。
 Helen’s refusal to cooperate put me in an impossible position.
海伦拒绝合作，使我进退维谷。
 His attitude is making life impossible for the rest of the team.
他的态度使队里其他人的日子很难过。
 He was facing impossible odds.
他面临的情况极为不利。
3  DIFFICULTbehaving in a very unreasonable and annoying way 〔行为〕不讲道理的，令人讨厌的
 Oh, you’re just impossible!
噢，你真不讲道理！
—impossibly adverbadv
 Some sales managers think selling abroad is impossibly difficult.
有些销售经理认为做外销极其困难。
—impossibility /ɪmˌpɒsəˈbɪləti $ -ˌpɑː-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]
 One hundred percent airline security is a practical impossibility.
百分之百的航空安全是几乎不可能的。
n Grammar
Impossible is not used with ‘very’. You say:
It was an absolutely impossible task.
✗Don’t say: It was a very impossible task.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
seem impossible
It seemed impossible that he would ever recover from the injury.
become impossible
As it became darker, it became impossible for the players to see the ball.
prove impossible (=be impossible because you have tried but not succeeded)
It proved impossible for the two sides to reach an agreement.
find something impossible
He found it impossible to sleep because of the noise coming from next door.
make something impossible
Heavy snow made travelling impossible.
render something impossible formal (=make something impossible)
The large number of prison guards rendered any escape impossible.
adverbs
absolutely impossible (also utterly impossible formal)
It is absolutely impossible to drive in these conditions.
almost/nearly impossible
He thought that winning would be almost impossible.
virtually/practically impossible (=almost impossible)
Getting tickets for the concert is practically impossible.
well-nigh impossible formal (=almost impossible )
Policing the entire coastline is well-nigh impossible.
seemingly impossible (=seeming to be impossible)
He managed to win the chess game from a seemingly impossible position.
physically impossible
It is physically impossible to survive for long in the desert without water.
nouns
an impossible job/task
He faced the impossible task of paying back huge debts.
an impossible feat (=something that is impossible to do)
She achieved the seemingly impossible feat of breaking the world record.
an impossible dream (=something you want, but will never happen)
For a small club, winning the cup final will always be the impossible dream.
impossible demands
She was growing tired of the company’s impossible demands.
phrases
it is impossible to do something
It is impossible to know if this story is true.
difficult, if not impossible (=difficult, and perhaps impossible)
Obtaining funding for the film will be difficult, if not impossible.
 THESAURUS
impossible something that is impossible cannot happen or be done 不可能发生的；办不到的
It’s impossible to get a taxi around here.
这里是叫不到出租车的。
At times, finding a job felt like an impossible task.
有时找份工作就像是不可能完成的任务。
impractical something that is impractical is too expensive, takes too much time, is too difficult etc and therefore it is not sensible to try to do it 不切实际的，不现实的
It’s a nice idea, but it’s totally impractical.
主意是不错，但是完全不切实际。
We cannot all just stop using our cars - that would be completely impractical.
我们不可能全都不使用汽车，这完全不现实。
nan impractical suggestion
out of the question used when saying that something is completely impossible, especially because it is not allowed 完全不可能的〔尤因为不被允许〕
It’s out of the question for you to go alone.
让你独自一人去是不可能的。
there’s no way informal used when saying that you think something is completely impossible 不可能，办不到
There’s no way we can get to the airport in less than an hour.
我们不可能在一小时内赶到机场。
inconceivable impossible to imagine or believe 不可思议的，难以置信的
It seemed inconceivable that there could be an end to the fighting in Northern Ireland.
北爱尔兰的战斗能够停火似乎让人难以置信。
unthinkable impossible to imagine or believe – used especially about something that seems very shocking to people 难以置信的，难以想象的〔尤指令人震惊的事〕
In those days it was unthinkable for a lady to work outside the home.
那时候女子走出家门去工作是无法想象的事情。
unattainable impossible to achieve 不能达到的，无法实现的
an unattainable goal
无法达到的目标
Victory seemed unattainable.
胜利似乎无法实现。
it can’t be done spoken used when saying very definitely that something is impossible 那是做不到的，那是不可能的
I’m afraid it can’t be done.
我想那恐怕是不可能的。
Examples from the Corpus
impossible• We're supposed to do all this work by tomorrow, but it's impossible.• You're impossible!• It was tough, tough work, but not impossible.• Many fear that peace is now impossible.• She's impossible! Even when I offer to help her she always find some reason to complain.• It is mathematically impossible for any Democratic rival to overhaul Clinton in the primary process.• Her back injury has made it impossible for her to play tennis anymore.• The street was narrow and it was impossible for the two buses to pass.• ""The police suspect John.'' ""But that's impossible. He was with us the whole day.''• Sometimes an abortion seems like the only way out of an impossible situation.• an impossible task• It's a seemingly impossible task.• It was impossible that anyone could have survived the crash.• Another non-solution is to sign a treaty and then forget about it in a few years or declare it impossible to achieve.• In the eighteenth century it seemed impossible to build a barn without creating a work of art.• It is possible to find safe harbor but nearly impossible to do so without a few blow-ups.• When people leave prison, they often find it impossible to get a job.• It was almost impossible to get some rest.• Dan's impossible to live with when he's sick.• It is impossible to take a complex problem and rationally unravel the mess into logical interacting pieces.• The twins are so alike that it's impossible to tell them apart.
It’s impossible to• He'd call it doing research. It's impossible to discuss anything with him.• The weirdest car must be Nissan's Chappo city car. It's impossible to ignore-for all the wrong reasons.• You know the kind of energy you have to expend to be that? It's impossible to me.• I don't know. It's impossible to tell now.
put ... in an impossible position• It would put them in an impossible position if a legally-binding Living Will demanded what they considered unethical or bad medical practice.
impossible2 noun  
the impossible something that cannot be done 不可能的事
attempt/do/ask etc the impossible
 I just want to be able to buy healthy food at a reasonable price. Is that asking the impossible?
我只是希望能以合理的价格买到健康食品。难道这是在要求不可能的事吗？
Examples from the Corpus
attempt/do/ask etc the impossible• We can not expect teachers to do the impossible.• He would attempt the impossible and set up an airline from scratch in three months.
Examples from the Corpus
impossible• Somehow without meaning to, she found that she had done the impossible for her: she had memorized that poem.
im·pos·si·ble1 adjectiveadj →n GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1
→THESAURUS1impossible2 noun
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IELTS BNC: 1340 COCA: 1606
impossible

adjective¹

 1not possible不可能VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBS➤appear, be, look, prove, seem, sound顯得不可能；不可能；看起來不可能；證明不可能；似乎不可能；聽起來不可能▸➤become變得不可能▸➤remain依然不可能▸➤make sth, render sth使⋯不可能◇Darkness made it impossible to continue.太暗了，無法再繼續了。➤believe sth, consider sth, deem sth, find sth, regard sth as, see sth as, think sth認定⋯不可能；認為⋯辦不到；覺得⋯不可能◇I found his offer impossible to resist.我覺得他的提議無法抗拒。ADVERB➤absolutely, completely, downright, quite, totally, utterly絕對不可能；完全不可能➤humanly人類所不能◇They are setting a standard that it is humanly impossible to meet.他們在設定的標準非人力所能及。➤just, simply實在不可能◇I'm really sorry. It's just impossible.實在抱歉，但這確實不可能。➤by no means, far from絕非／遠非不可能◇a desirable and far from impossible objective to achieve令人向往且完全可以實現的目標➤almost, more or less, near, nearly, next to, nigh, nigh on, practically, virtually, well-nigh (especially BrE) 幾乎不可能；差不多不可能；近乎不可能◇It was well-nigh impossible for him to convince her that he was right.讓他說服她相信他是對的幾乎不可能。➤pretty頗為不可能▸➤effectively事實上不可能▸➤literally確實不可能▸➤apparently, seemingly貌似／看似不可能▸➤theoretically理論上不可能▸➤clearly, obviously無疑／顯然不可能▸➤equally同樣不可能◇Both options are equally impossible.兩種選擇同樣都是不可能的。➤hitherto, previously迄今為止／此前不可能◇With the new equipment we will be able to accomplish hitherto impossible tasks.有了新設備，我們將能夠完成以前不可能完成的任務。➤ultimately最終不可能▸➤economically, financially, logically, logistically, mathematically, physically, politically, scientifically, technically經濟上／財政上／邏輯上／後勤保障上／數學上／物理上／政治上／科學上／技術上不可能◇The high cost of childcare made returning to work economically impossible.兒童託管的高昂費用使得重返工作崗位從經濟上無法實現。PREPOSITION➤for對⋯不可能◇The situation is just impossible for us.這種情形對我們來說根本是不可能存在的。◇It's impossible for me to say.我是不可能說的。
impossible

adjective²

 2bad-tempered; difficult to talk to/deal with脾氣壞；難以交談；難對付VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be脾氣壞；無法應對▸➤become變得難以對付▸➤find sb發現某人難以相處◇I find her impossible.我發現她真讓人受不了。ADVERB➤really確實難以對付▸➤absolutely, completely, quite, totally完全不可理喻◇You can be absolutely impossible at times!你有時候可真是叫人受不了！➤just簡直不可理喻
IELTS BNC: 1340 COCA: 1606
impossible

adjective

impossible ♦︎ out of the question ♦︎ unthinkable ♦︎ inconceivable ♦︎ unattainableThese words all describe things that cannot happen, be done or be true. 这些词均表示不可能的、难以实现的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be impossible / unthinkable / inconceivable to sb◆to be impossible / out of the question / unthinkable / inconceivable for sb to do sth◆to be impossible / out of the question / unthinkable / inconceivable that...◆an impossible / unattainable goal / ideal◆to find sth impossible / unthinkable / inconceivable◆quite impossible / out of the question / unthinkable / inconceivable◆almost impossible / unthinkable / inconceivable■ impossible that cannot exist or be done 不可能存在（或做到）的；不可能的◆That's impossible!那是不可能的！◆It's impossible for me to be there before eight.我在8点之前不可能赶到那里。◆I find it impossible to lie to her.我觉得无法对她撒谎。◆I realized it was an impossible dream.我意识到那是个无法实现的梦想。 OPP possible ⇨ possible 1 2 , possible ⇨ likely ▸ the impossible

noun

 [singular] ◆He decided to attempt the impossible and set up an airline from scratch in three months.他决定尝试做不可为之事，在三个月内从零开始组建一家航空公司。▸ impossibly

adverb

◆an impossibly difficult problem (= impossible to solve) 无法解决的难题■ out of the ˈquestion

idiom

impossible or not allowed and therefore not worth discussing 不可能；不允许；不值得讨论◆Another trip abroad this year is out of the question.今年再度出国是绝无可能的。■ unthinkable (especially written) impossible to imagine or accept, especially because it is so shocking 难以想象的；不可思议的；难以置信的◆It was unthinkable that she could be dead.她竟然死了，真是难以置信。▸ the unthinkable

noun

 [singular] ◆The time has come to think the unthinkable (= consider possibilities that used to be unacceptable).现在该想想以前不敢想的事情了。■ inconceivable ˌɪnkənˈsiːvəbl (rather formal, especially written) impossible to imagine or believe 难以想象的；无法相信的◆It is inconceivable that the minister was not aware of the problem.令人难以置信的是那位部长竟然没有意识到这个问题。 OPP conceivable ⇨ possible 2 ▸ the inconceivable

noun

 [singular] ◆Then the inconceivable happened－I lost my job.接着，难以置信的事发生了－我丢了工作。■ unattainable (rather formal, written) impossible to achieve, get or reach 无法得到的；难以达到的◆Setting unattainable goals will only lead to frustration.定下难以达到的目标只会导致受挫。
IELTS BNC: 1340 COCA: 1606
impossible
Not possible: impossible, unbelievable, no-go...
Difficult or impossible to deal with: difficult, impossible, trying...
Difficult to do and involving a lot of effort: difficult, hard, tough...
Making you feel angry or annoyed: annoying, irritating, infuriating...

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