irresistible

英 [ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbl] 美 [ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbl]

adj.  不可遏止的; 无法抵制的; 极诱人的; 忍不住想要的

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牛津词典

adj.

  1. 不可遏止的;无法抵制的
    so strong that it cannot be stopped or resisted
    1. I felt an irresistible urge to laugh.
      我禁不住想笑出来。
    2. His arguments were irresistible.
      他的论点无可反驳。
  2. 极诱人的;忍不住想要的
    so attractive that you feel you must have it
    1. an irresistible bargain
      忍不住想买的便宜货
    2. The bright colours were irresistible to the baby.
      那些鲜艳的色彩逗得婴儿直想去抓。
    3. On such a hot day, the water was irresistible (= it made you want to swim in it) .
      这么一个大热天,我们见了水便禁不住要下去。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 不可抵抗的;不可抗拒的;不能压制的
    If you describe something such as a desire or force as irresistible, you mean that it is so powerful that it makes you act in a certain way, and there is nothing you can do to prevent this.
    1. It proved an irresistible temptation to Hall to go back.
      事实证明回去对霍尔是个不可抗拒的诱惑。
    2. ...irresistible pressure from the financial markets...
      来自金融市场的不可抗拒的压力
    3. They feel the case for change is irresistible.
      他们认为求变的理由不容反驳。
  2. ADJ-GRADED 吸引人的;富有诱惑力的
    If you describe something or someone as irresistible, you mean that they are so good or attractive that you cannot stop yourself from liking them or wanting them.
    1. The music is irresistible.
      音乐非常好听,令人难以抗拒。
    2. ...irresistible granary bread.
      诱人的全麦面包

双语例句

  1. Women find his chiselled features irresistible.
    女人抵挡不住他那轮廓分明的脸庞的诱惑。
  2. I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale.
    在一次庭院拍卖会上,我偶然发现了一个忍不住想买的东西。
  3. The urge to fast-forward is almost irresistible.
    快速进带的冲动几乎压制不住。
  4. It proved an irresistible temptation to Hall to go back.
    事实证明回去对霍尔是个不可抗拒的诱惑。
  5. They feel the case for change is irresistible.
    他们认为求变的理由不容反驳。
  6. The music is irresistible.
    音乐非常好听,令人难以抗拒。
  7. Later, she would describe his magnetism as irresistible.
    她过后说起时会形容他的魅力难以抵挡。
  8. There is one thing I would like to know — What is it about Tim that you find so irresistible?
    有一件事我很想知道——蒂姆到底哪一点让你对他如此倾心?
  9. Keegan's team have been cutting an irresistible swathe through the first division.
    基冈的球队在甲级赛中所向披靡。
  10. The raging trend of reforms is irresistible.
    改革浪潮是不可抗拒的。
  11. The people's will is irresistible and will carry all before it.
    人民的意志不可抗拒,势不可挡。
  12. In the final analysis the will of the people is irresistible.
    归根到底,人民的意志是不可抗拒的。
  13. The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.
    历史车轮滚滚向前,势不可挡。
  14. The charm is irresistible.
    这种魅力是无法抵御的。
  15. It is a relentless or irresistible action of the machine grips or crosshead.
    这是机器夹头或十字头会产生一种坚韧的,不可抗拒的动作。
  16. With her beauty, wit and charm, he found her irresistible.
    她漂亮、聪明、帅气,他不由得一见倾心。
  17. Some irresistible force has brought me here today.
    可有种无形的力量今天把我带来了。
  18. This famous works has irresistible attraction to people of different social classes.
    这部著作对于社会各阶层的人们都具有不可抗拒的吸引力。
  19. The arrival of the information age has become an irresistible trend of human civilization is entering a new era.
    信息化时代的到来成为不可抗拒的潮流,人类文明正在进入一个崭新的时代。
  20. But travelling by bike is an irresistible experience, combining a mental and physical challenge.
    但骑自行车旅行是一种无法抗拒的体验,是对精神和身体的双重挑战。
  21. In this world, in fact, everyone with a nose cancer, the death that is irresistible.
    在这个世界上,其实每个人都患有一种癌症,那就是不可抗拒的死亡。
  22. At last the irresistible pressure of reality had defeated her.
    最终她被不可抗拒的现实压力击败了。
  23. His irresistible id leads to fatal destruction and eventually the collapse of his superego.
    他的不可抑制的本我导致了他最后致命性的毁灭,他的超我也最后崩溃了。
  24. The pressure for development is almost irresistible.
    要求发展的压力几乎不可抗拒。
  25. Are you saying you find me irresistible?
    你是在说我是不可抗拒的?
  26. I love your fire like moths irresistible.
    我对你的爱就像飞蛾扑火不可抗拒。
  27. This is the objective law of the development of history and an irresistible trend of our times.
    这是历史发展的客观规律,是不可阻挡的时代潮流。
  28. Just one more woman that finds you irresistible.
    又一位女性发现了你的无可抗拒的魅力了。
  29. Industrialization and urbanization of China's modernization is the development of an irresistible trend.
    工业化和城市化的中国的现代化建设,是发展一个不可阻挡的趋势。
  30. The narrative of the destruction of Babylon created an image of an irresistible destructive power.
    叙事破坏巴比伦建立了一个形象,一个不可抗拒的破坏力。

英英释义

adj

  1. overpoweringly attractive
    1. irresistible beauty

  2. impossible to resist
    1. irresistible (or resistless) impulses
    2. what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?

    Synonym:    resistless