certain to happen; unavoidable 必然发生的;不可避免的 war was inevitable. 战争不可避免。 ■(informal)so frequently experienced or seen that it is completely predictable (非正式)照例必有的;老一套的;司空见惯的 the inevitable letter from the bank. 来自银行的例信。
noun
(the inevitable)a situation that is unavoidable 不可避免的情形
派生 inevitability noun inevitably adverb
[sentence adverb]inevitably, policy failures were attributed to the government. 不可避免地,政策失败被归咎于政府。
语源
late Middle English: from Latin inevitabilis, from in- 'not' + evitabilis 'avoidable' (from evitare 'avoid')