unbridgeable

🇬🇧 UK/.ʌn'bridʒәbl/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Impossible to bridge or overcome; too great to be resolved.

无法逾越的,不可弥合的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
unnot, reversal
+
bridgeroot
+
ablecapable of, worthy of
=unbridgeable

Common Collocations

  • 1.unbridgeable gap难以弥合的差距
  • 2.unbridgeable divide无法跨越的分歧
  • 3.unbridgeable gulf不可逾越的鸿沟
  • 4.[unbridgeable chasm]无法填补的裂痕

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The cultural divide between the two communities seemed unbridgeable after decades of conflict.

  • 2.

    There is an unbridgeable gap between what the company promised and what it delivered.

  • 3.

    Philosophers have long debated whether the gulf between mind and body is truly unbridgeable.

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