HSK · Level 118
45 words
Chinese word
不可避免
Pronunciation
Pinyinbù kě bì miǎn
Meaning
- adjectiveunavoidable
Example
这个错误是不可避免的。zhè ge cuò wù shì bù kě bì miǎn de
This mistake is unavoidable.
More examples
工业化过程中，不可避免的环境影响需要重视。gōng yè huà guò chéng zhōng bù kě bì miǎn de huán jìng yíng xiǎng xū yào zhòng shì
During industrialization, the unavoidable environmental impact needs attention.
Core concept
Every practical path of avoidance is closed, making the outcome fixed rather than merely difficult.
Common phrases
不可避免的后果bù kě bì miǎn de hòu guǒ
unavoidable consequence
不可避免的影响bù kě bì miǎn de yíng xiǎng
unavoidable impact
不可避免的成本bù kě bì miǎn de chéng běn
unavoidable cost
不可避免的趋势bù kě bì miǎn de qū shì
unavoidable trend
Similar words
难以避免nán yǐ bì miǎn: Difficult to avoid or prevent, but not completely beyond reach.
无法避免wú fǎ bì miǎn: Beyond prevention because there is no way to stop it from occurring.
必然bì rán: Necessarily bound to happen because of the nature of the situation.
Definition in Chinese
无法通过行动或条件完全避免，注定发生或难以回避的状态。wú fǎ tōng guò xíng dòng huò tiáo jiàn wán quán bì miǎn zhù dìng fā shēng huò nán yǐ huí bì de zhuàng tài
Word origin
不 (bù, "not") + 可 (kě, "can") + 避 (bì, "avoid") + 免 (miǎn, "be spared") forms a compact expression for having no way to escape an outcome.
Usage tips
- In everyday conversation, this strong adjective often appears after a linking verb when circumstances leave no practical way to prevent the result.
Other meanings
- inescapableadjective
- inevitableadjective
Opposites
- 可避免kě bì miǎnavoidableadjective
Related words
- 不可避免地bù kě bì miǎn dìinevitablyadverb
- 不可避免性bù kě bì miǎn xìnginevitabilitynoun