impossibly + adjective
常用于强调程度极高,超出可能范围。
The task was impossibly difficult.
这项任务难到不可能完成。
极其;到不可能的程度
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极其;到不可能的程度
To the point of impossibility; extremely.
The task was impossibly difficult.
这项任务难到不可能完成。
不可能地;无法做到地。
Not possibly; in an impossible manner.
到不可能的程度;极其。
To the point of impossibility.
出乎意料地;违背可能地。
Contrary to what had been thought possible.
The task was impossibly difficult.
这个任务难到了不可能的程度。
She looked impossibly beautiful in that dress.
她穿上那条裙子美得难以置信。
The deadline seemed impossibly tight.
截止日期紧得似乎不可能实现。
常用于强调程度极高,超出可能范围。
The task was impossibly difficult.
这项任务难到不可能完成。
修饰副词,表示程度极端。
He ran impossibly fast.
他跑得快到不可思议。
It is impossibly hard to solve this puzzle.
解开这个谜题难到不可能。
Not this
This problem is impossibly to solve.
Use this
This problem is impossible to solve.
impossibly 是副词,不能作表语;此处应用形容词 impossible。
Not this
He finished the impossibly task.
Use this
He finished the impossible task.
impossibly 是副词,不能直接修饰名词;应用形容词 impossible 修饰名词 task。
Not this
It is impossibly for him to come.
Use this
It is impossible for him to come.
在 'It is + adj. + for sb. to do' 结构中,应用形容词 impossible,而非副词 impossibly。
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极其困难的;几乎不可能做到的
The exam was impossibly difficult, so even the best students struggled.
那次考试难得不可思议,连最好的学生都觉得吃力。
高得不可思议的;难以想象的
The hotel tower rose impossibly high into the clouds.
那座酒店大楼高耸入云,令人难以置信。
美得令人难以置信的
The bride looked impossibly beautiful in her wedding dress.
新娘穿着婚纱,看起来美得令人难以置信。
小得不可思议的;极小的
They managed to fit the whole camp into an impossibly small space.
他们想办法把整个营地塞进了一个小得不可思议的地方。
年轻得不可思议的
The actress still looks impossibly young at sixty.
那位女演员六十岁了,看起来却年轻得不可思议。
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联想 im-(不)+ possible(可能)+ -ly,想象某件事“不可能到极点”,impossibly 就是“极其、到不可思议的程度”。
语域:mixed 常见场景:日常形容极端程度、正式或文学性描述不可能性、新闻报道中表示出乎意料 ‘impossibly’ 可作加强语,表示“极其、难以想象地”,日常与书面均常用;也可表示“以不可能的方式”,多用于正式或文学语境。整体语域视具体搭配而定,通常为中性。
通常修饰形容词或副词,表示'达到不可能的程度'
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