GRE重點詞匯解析:implacable

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    1) unwilling to be pacified or appeased
    2) unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
    Synonyms: inflexible, merciless, relentless, uncompromising, unyielding
    Although the team had been eliminated from contention in the playoffs, it
    proved to be an implacable opponent.
    The baby was so implacable a warm bottle would not settle her.
    The two year old was an implacable child; he cried no matter what his
    parents did to comfort him.
    【考法1】adj. 固執(zhí)的: sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in
    spite of reason, arguments, or   persuasion
    【近】 adamant, dogged, headstrong, intransigent, mulish, obdurate,
    pertinacious, stubborn, unyielding
    【反】 acquiescent 傾向于默認(rèn)的;compliant, flexible, pliable, pliant, yielding
    易受影響的
    【考法2】adj. 無法平息的: not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or
    mitigated
    【例】 an implacable enemy 無法與之和解的敵人
    【近】 determined, grim, relentless, unappeasable
    【反】 placable 可平息的,可緩和的