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impassable
  • Derivatives : n  impassability ; adv  impassably
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

impassable [ɪm'pæsəbl] [ɪm'pɑːsəbl]
  1. 1. adjective 不能通行(或通过)的;不可逾越
    an impassable highway
    不能通行公路

Collins English-English Dictionary

impassable [ɪm'pɒːsəbəl]
  1. 1. adj (of terrain, roads, etc) not able to be travelled through or over

Examples

Most rural roads are now impassable, either damaged by flooding or blocked by fallen trees.
绝大多数乡村道路现在无法通行,这些道路不是被洪水冲毁就是被倒塌的大树阻断。
不可逾越的鸿沟
an impassable chasm; an unbridgeable gulf
道路不通,我们只得退回。
Finding the road impassable, we had to turn back.
侯门似海
the gate of a noble house is like the sea—impassable to the common man
路上的壅土堆得太高,以致于堵住了道路。
The rise in the road is so high that it is impassable.

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