词汇释义
inimitable TEM8 GRE
UK /ɪˈnɪm.ɪ.tə.bəl/ US /ɪˈnɪm.ə.t̬ə.bəl/
adj, You use inimitable to describe someone, especially a performer, when you like or admire them because of their special qualities.不能模仿的，无与伦比的
外刊例句
1. But although art forgers do a certain amount of economic damage, they also provide public entertainment by exposing the real values that lie at the heart of the art market. That art market pretends that great artists are inimitable, and that this inimitability justifies the often absurd prices their work commands.(The Economist)
2. "Not really a haircut, more of a memorial to the unknown hairdresser who died half-way through the job," said the inimitable Arnd Zeigler about this shocker from Javier Pinola.(The Guardian - Sport)
3. This book may offer few revelations, but it paints a fresh and vivid picture of an inimitable woman.(The Economist)
4. After his death in 1987, the position fell to two former actresses his third wife and the inimitable Jayalalitha Jayaram, who rose to screen-stardom, according to one fans' website, "because of the frenzy for blond skin". It is tempting to try to prove that good looks win votes, and many academics have tried.(The Economist)
5. Instead, it should focus on meagre, cost-effective ways of defending the brand and establishing a thin veneer of respectability. Mr O'Leary did exactly that in his own inimitable way yesterday, taking to the Twittersphere for a question-and-answer session with customers.(The Economist)
6. In its own inimitable way, Wall Street had voted on the future of Wall Street.(The Economist)
7. She was a lady of leisure who, under her inimitable elegance, could be lewd, rude and blue.(The Economist)
8. Yet when the viewer moves closer to see how he did it, the image evaporates into a blur of paint". Velázquez was inimitable," says Dawson Carr, the show's curator.(The Economist)
9. He preferred to read and to write in the open air, and to speak his poems out loud so that he could hear America's voice in its raw, excitable and inimitable accents.(The Economist)
10. The territory enjoys an inimitable position as an offshore, yet in-country, financial centre its success is even written into China's latest five-year plan.(The Economist)
11. THE most recent French president to pay a state visit to Britain, Jacques Chirac, had an inimitable way of referring to the British.(The Economist)
词汇搭配
inimitable performer, way, style
词汇来源
late 15c., from Latin inimitabilis "that cannot be imitated," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + imitabilis "imitable" (see imitable). Related: Inimitably.
近义词
incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, only, peerless, unequaled (or unequalled), unexampled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled (or unrivalled), unsurpassable, unsurpassed
反义词
common, normal, ordinary, ubiquitous, usual
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