unacceptable ♦︎ unreasonable ♦︎ too much ♦︎ intolerable ♦︎ unbearable ♦︎ out of line ♦︎ out of order ♦︎ insufferableThese words all describe sth that is so bad that you cannot accept or bear it.這些詞均表示不能接受的、無法容忍的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆unacceptable / intolerable to sb◆too much / intolerable / unbearable for sb◆unacceptable / unreasonable / intolerable / unbearable that...◆unacceptable / unreasonable / too much / intolerable / unbearable / out of order to do sth◆unacceptable / unreasonable / intolerable behaviour / demands / interference / levels◆an unacceptable / unreasonable / intolerable burden◆an unacceptable / intolerable / unbearable situation◆quite / completely / totally unacceptable / unreasonable / intolerable / unbearable / out of order◆absolutely / increasingly unacceptable / intolerable / unbearable◆a bit unreasonable / too much / out of order◆almost / nearly too much / intolerable / unbearable■unacceptable (ratherformal) that you cannot accept, allow or approve of不能接受(或允許、同意)的◆Such behaviour is totally unacceptable in a civilized society.這種行爲在文明社會是完全不能接受的。◆Such a solution would be quite unacceptable to the majority of people.這樣的解決辦法對大多數人來說都是難以接受的。◆Noise from the factory has reached an unacceptable level.工廠的噪聲達到了難以容忍的地步。OPPacceptable ⇨ fine, acceptable ⇨ rightadj.2▸unacceptably
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◆unacceptably high levels of unemployment奇高的失業率■unreasonablenot fair; expecting too much不合理的;不公正的;期望過高的◆It would be unreasonable to expect somebody to come at such short notice.要求人家随傳随到會顯得不近人情。◆The fees they charge are not unreasonable.他們的收費還算合理。◆He was being totally unreasonable about it.他在這件事上蠻不講理。OPPreasonable ⇨ reasonable■too much
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(ratherinformal, spoken) needing more skill or strength than you have; more difficult or annoying than you can bear力所不及;不能忍受◆What with the exams, and then his illness, things have become too much for him.那些考試,加上後來他又病了,情況已變得讓他無法忍受。◆This is too much! First she complains that I'm never in the office, then she wants to know why I'm not visiting so many clients.這真讓人受不了!她先是抱怨我總不在辦公室,接着又想知道爲什麽有那麽多客戶我沒去拜訪。■intolerable ɪnˈtɒlərəbl; NAmEɪnˈtɑːlərəbl (ratherformal) (of a situation, a feeling or sb's behaviour) so difficult, unpleasant or wrong that you cannot bear it or accept it(狀況、感覺或某人的行爲)無法忍受的,不能容忍的,不可接受的◆Keeping the secret put an intolerable burden on him.保守這個秘密成了他無法承受的負擔。◆Her behaviour has become intolerable.她的行爲已變得讓人無法容忍了。◆It seems to me intolerable that children do not have the same legal protection as adults.兒童沒有得到跟成年人一樣的法律保護,這在我看來是不可接受的。OPPtolerableⓘ The opposite tolerable is usually used as a way of saying that sth is almost intolerable. * intolerable的反義詞tolerable通常用以表示某事物幾乎(almost)不可忍受◆At times, the heat was barely tolerable.有時熱得幾乎令人難以忍受。▸intolerably
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◆It became intolerably hot by day.白天熱得讓人受不了。■unbearableʌnˈbeərəbl; NAmEʌnˈberəbl(of a situation, feeling or person) so unpleasant, painful or annoying that you cannot bear it(狀況、感覺或人)無法忍受的,無法接受的◆Some of the victims were suffering unbearable pain.有些受害者疼痛難忍。◆The heat was becoming unbearable.炎熱開始變得難以忍受。◆He's been unbearable since he won that prize.他得獎以後變得很難相與。OPPbearableⓘ The opposite bearable is usually used as a way of saying that sth is almost unbearable. * unbearable的反義詞bearable通常用以表示某事物幾乎(almost)無法忍受◆She was the only thing that made life bearable.只因有了她,生活才不至於不堪忍受。▸unbearably
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◆unbearably hot / painful / arrogant酷熱難當;疼痛難忍;盛氣淩人NOTE辨析 Intolerable or unbearable?In many cases you can use either word.在許多情況下這兩個詞可以通用◆intolerable / unbearable heat / pain / suffering / tension / excitement酷熱難當;疼痛難忍;痛苦不堪;難耐的緊張/興奮However, unbearable is not usually used to talk about things that offend your sense of justice, rather than just your feelings.不過,unbearable通常不用以描述令人義憤不平的事物,而用以描述只是令人不滿的事物◆It is unbearable that children do not have the same legal protection as adults.It is used more for physical than mental suffering and is generally not used in situations where people have to do sth that is too difficult for them. * unbearable較多描述身體上而非精神上的痛苦,一般不用於描述勉爲其難的情形◆Keeping the secret was an unbearable burden.People themselves can be unbearable but notintolerable.描述人本身可用unbearable,但不用intolerable◆He's been intolerable since he won that prize.■ˌout of ˈline
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(especially NAmE, informal, spoken) (of a person) behaving in a way that is not acceptable or right; (of their behaviour) not acceptable or right(人)行爲不當,舉止令人難以接受;(人的行爲)不能接受的,不當的◆You'd better calm down-you're way out of line.你最好鎮靜一點-你太離譜了。◆If you step out of line one more time, you're fired.你要是再違規一次,就會被解僱。■ˌout of ˈorder
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(BrE, informal, spoken) out of line(人)行爲不當,舉止令人難以接受;(人的行爲)不能接受的,不當的◆What he did was right out of order.他的所作所爲極爲不妥。NOTE辨析 Out of line or out of order?Out of order is more frequent in British English than out of line, but it is not used in American English. Someone can get/step out of line but not 'get/step out of order'. * out of order較out of line更多用於英式英語,但不用於美式英語。可以說get/step out of line,但不說get/step out of order。■insufferableɪnˈsʌfrəbl (ratherformal) (especially of a person or their personal qualities) so unpleasant or annoying that you cannot bear them(尤指人或個人品質)難以忍受的,難以容忍的◆She's totally insufferable!她真讓人受不了!◆He bore a look of insufferable smugness.他露出一副沾沾自喜的表情,真讓人受不了。