impossibility
impossibility
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- [mass noun]the state or fact of being impossible
不可能性
these sequences demonstrate the impossibility of turning comics into movies.
这些连续镜头表明漫画改编成电影的不可能性。
■[count noun]an impossible thing or situation
不可能的事，不可能的情况
they believe that a world at peace is an impossibility.
他们认为和平的世界是不可能实现的景象。
- late Middle English: from French impossibilite or Latin impossibilitas, from impossibilis, from in- 'not' + possibilis (see possible)
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