unflappable

英语

词源

源自un- +‎ flap (“使...沮丧”) +‎ -able。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ʌnˈflæpəbəl/

• （澳洲）音频：

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形容词

unflappable (比較級 more unflappable，最高級 most unflappable)

1. 临危不惧的，沉着冷静的 （自1954年）

   近義詞：collected、cool、even-keeled

   反義詞：flappable

   • 1959，The Economist，卷 190:

     The whole thing looked remarkably like an implacable force meeting an unflappable object.

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   • 1978，James D. Margach，The abuse of power: the war between Downing Street and the media from Lloyd George to Callaghan:

     It was for this reason that when Lord Hailsham first described Harold Macmillan as "unflappable'", it became an instant catchword, distancing the incoming Prime Minister from his predecessor

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相关词汇

• flappable
• unflappability
• unflappableness
• unflappably