0 If an action or event is impossible, it cannot happen or be achieved:
It seems impossible that I could have walked by without noticing her.
He made it impossible for me to say no.
She ate three plates of spaghetti and a dessert? That's impossible. I don't believe it!
It's an impossible situation - she's got to leave him but she can't bear losing her children.
My niece is impossible when she's tired - you can't do anything to please her.
1 something that cannot be expected to happen or exist:
She wants a man who is attractive and funny as well, which is asking the impossible in my opinion.
2 unable to exist, happen, or be achieved; not possible:
an impossible goal
[ + to infinitive ] It’s almost impossible to get them to agree on anything.
It's broken into so many pieces, it'll be impossible to put it back together again .
Finding somewhere cheap to live in the city centre is an impossible task.
No one could have climbed that wall - it's physically impossible.
Even with these trade-offs, it was impossible to gain acceptance of the concept by major developers, and even by social housing providers.
Ideology may hinder or make impossible the project of making good sense of the past, of producing genuine pasts.
In many cases, it is impossible to predict which particular conclusion a particular individual will draw from particular premises.
中文繁体
(行動或事件)不可能的,辦不到的, (境況)極其艱難的, (人)壞透了的,極難對付的…
More中文简体
(行动或事件)不可能的,办不到的, (境况)极其艰难的, (人)坏透了的,极难对付的…
MoreEspañol
imposible, imposible [masculine-feminine], insoportable [masculine-feminine]…
MorePortuguês
impossível…
More日本語
不可能な…
MoreTürk dili
imkânsız, olamaz, yapılamaz…
MoreFrançais
impossible, intolérable, insupportable…
MoreCatalan
impossible…
More