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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

无法忍受

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wúfǎ rěnshòu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unbearable/ʌnˈbɛər.ə.bəl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"夏天的热量无法忍受。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Too painful or unpleasant to be endured.

    "The heat was unbearable during the summer months."
  2. 2

    Not able to be tolerated or accepted.

    "His behavior became unbearable after a few weeks."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'un-', meaning 'not', combined with 'beran', meaning 'to bear' or 'to carry', stemming from Proto-Germanic roots. Over centuries, the suffix '-able' was added via Old French and Latin to indicate capability, evolving to describe anything too extreme or painful to endure.

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