1) unwilling to be pacified or appeased
2) unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
Synonyms: inflexible, merciless, relentless, uncompromising, unyielding
Although the team had been eliminated from contention in the playoffs, it proved to be an implacable opponent.
The baby was so implacable a warm bottle would not settle her.
The two year old was an implacable child; he cried no matter what his parents did to comfort him.
【考法1】adj. 固执的: sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
【近】 adamant, dogged, headstrong, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, pertinacious, stubborn, unyielding
【反】 acquiescent 倾向于默认的;compliant, flexible, pliable, pliant, yielding 易受影响的
【考法2】adj. 无法平息的: not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
【例】 an implacable enemy 无法与之和解的敌人
【近】 determined, grim, relentless, unappeasable
【反】 placable 可平息的,可缓和的
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