irrepressible

英 [ˌɪrɪˈpresəbl]

美 [ˌɪrɪˈpresəbl]

adj.  情绪高涨的; 劲头十足的; 十分强烈的; 无法控制的; 难以遏制的

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BNC.19341 / COCA.20380

牛津词典

adj.

• 情绪高涨的；劲头十足的
  lively, happy and full of energy
• 十分强烈的；无法控制的；难以遏制的
  very strong; impossible to control or stop
  1. irrepressible confidence
     十足的信心

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 精力充沛的;开朗乐观的
  Anirrepressibleperson is lively and energetic and never seems to be depressed.
  1. ...the irrepressible Viv Allen...
     精力充沛的维夫·艾伦
  2. Jon's exuberance was irrepressible.
     乔恩朝气蓬勃，精力旺盛。

英英释义

adj

• impossible to repress or control
  1. an irrepressible chatterbox
  2. uncontrollable laughter
  Synonym:uncontrollable

双语例句

• If the politicians do that, the irrepressible optimism of entrepreneurs will be fully unleashed, and genuine rebuilding from the downturn can begin.
  如果政治家采取了这种做法，企业家抑制不住的乐观情绪将会得到充分释放，真正的重建才会开始。
• But the only thing really hot now is the Lakers, who have surprisingly emerged as a legitimate championship contender with a big front line and, of course, the irrepressible Bryant.
  但现在唯一真正火的却是湖人队，他们展现出令人惊讶的具有夺冠实力，当然，这少不了无人能挡的科比。
• You cannot keep her quiet for long; she's irrepressible!
  想让她多安静会儿可办不到，她总是欢蹦乱跳的！
• Some transactions are so tempting as to be irrepressible, much as we might want to repress them: school children will be supplied with chocolate bars whether or not the school shop stocks them.
  我们或许想要压制交易，但一些交易如此诱人，以至于压制力有多大，抵抗力就有多大：无论学校商店是否有巧克力棒存货，学生都会弄到巧克力棒吃。
• With this irrepressible ebullition of mirth, Master Bates laid himself flat on the floor: and kicked convulsively for five minutes, in an ectasy of facetious joy.
  这股子高兴劲儿来势迅猛，贝兹少爷一下子倒在地上，乐不可支地又蹬又踢，折腾了五分钟。
• Her irrepressible tears no longer, once flooded out.
  她的泪再也抑制不住，一下子涌了出来。
• Irrepressible, Ted Turner remains one of the most uninhibited, candid and authentic bosses you will ever meet.
  特德•特纳精力充沛，他仍然是人们所能见到的最肆无忌惮、最直率、最可靠的老板之一。
• But, unfortunately anger has become an irrepressible response to many.
  不幸的是对很多人来说，愤怒变成了一种不可抑制的反应。
• I listened to detect a woman's voice in the house, and filled the interim with wild regrets and dismal anticipations, which, at last, spoke audibly in irrepressible sighing and weeping.
  我倾听着，想听到屋里有女人的声音，我心里充满了狂乱的悔恨和凄凉的预感，我终于忍不住出声地叹息着，哭了。
• Having "an ambitious, forward-looking, irrepressible nature", as he described Microsoft on Tuesday, is one thing; having the ideas, discipline and focus to defeat a disparate array of competitors in many fields is quite another.
  拥有“雄心勃勃、锐意进取、百折不挠的天性”鲍尔默周二这般形容微软是一回事；而拥有想法、纪律和专注力，从而击败一群来自各个领域、互不相同的竞争者，则完全是另一回事。