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

• 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。
• He was an irrepressible man of great imagination.
  他是个活泼自信、想象力丰富的人。
• Or was it his irrepressible sense of humour rising above circumstances?
  还是在危险环境中他依然有抑制不信的幽默感？
• Berliners are a rude, wry and irrepressible bunch. They are right to have wiped the wall from their landscape.
  柏林人是粗糙、富有幽默感、无法压制的一群人。他们把柏林墙从视线中抹去是理所当然的。
• And the sweet and irrepressible scent of the lilacs to remind us that spring is found within.
  紫丁香那沁人心脾的芳香告诉我们，春天就在我们心里。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• I rose with an irrepressible expression of what I felt on my lips, which induced my companion, who had been staring towards the door, to turn and look at me.
  我站起来，自己也觉得嘴上带着一种压抑不住的表情，这引起了我那向门瞪视着的同伴转过头来望着我。