evitable

grammar · medium

易错句子With such heavy traffic, being late is evitable.

正确表达With such heavy traffic, being late is inevitable.

evitable 意为“可避免的”，与 inevitable（不可避免的）意思相反。此处语境是交通拥堵导致迟到无法避免，应使用 inevitable，不能用 evitable。

grammar · medium

易错句子It is evitable to make mistakes when learning a language.

正确表达Making mistakes is evitable when learning a language.

evitable 是形容词，不能用于“It is + adj. + to do”结构来表示“做某事是可避免的”。应把动名词短语作主语，如“Making mistakes is evitable”，或改用动词 avoid。