inviable
inviable — 形容詞
- inviablepositive
- more inviablecomparative
- most inviablesuperlative
1. describes a plan, business, or idea that cannot work or last because there is to
難以實行的
因資源或支持不足而無法成功運作
describes a plan, business, or idea that cannot work or last because there is too little money, support, or interest behind it
The town's only bookshop became inviable once the new mall opened nearby.
新的購物中心一開幕，鎮上唯一的書店就變得難以經營下去。
become inviable: turn unworkable over time
Without more funding from the city, the youth centre was simply inviable.
少了市政府更多的經費，這個青少年中心根本無法維持。
inviable + without [resource]: cause of failure
Antonia argued that building a factory on the flooded land would be inviable.
Antonia 主張在淹過水的土地上蓋工廠是行不通的。
would be inviable: judging a future plan
Rising fuel costs made the long ferry route inviable for the small company.
油價上漲讓這條長程渡輪航線對這家小公司而言難以維持。
make something inviable: a factor forces failure
The committee dropped the festival plan after deciding it was financially inviable.
委員會認定這項慶典計畫在財務上難以實行，便將它取消了。
financially inviable: common adverb pairing
- financially inviable
- economically inviable
- commercially inviable
- become inviable
- unworkable
more everyday; stresses that a plan cannot be put into practice
- unsustainable
stresses that something cannot keep going over time, often for money reasons
- untenable
formal; stresses a position or argument that cannot be defended or maintained
用法筆記
Subject is usually a plan, project, business, or option rather than a person. Often paired with 'financially', 'economically', or 'commercially' to name why it cannot last.
常見錯誤
2. describes a seed, cell, or young living thing that cannot stay alive or grow int
無法存活的
種子、細胞或胚胎無法存活或發育成個體
describes a seed, cell, or young living thing that cannot stay alive or grow into a full organism, often because of a fault in its genes
Most of the frozen seeds turned out to be inviable after thirty years in storage.
那些冷凍種子在儲藏三十年後，大多已無法發芽存活。
inviable seeds: cannot germinate
The genetic defect left many of the eggs inviable before they could hatch.
基因缺陷使許多卵在孵化前就無法存活。
leave something inviable: a cause prevents survival
Nikhil's lab found that the cloned embryos were mostly inviable.
Nikhil 的實驗室發現，這些複製胚胎大多無法存活。
inviable embryos: scientific context
A single broken gene can make a developing plant inviable.
一個損壞的基因就可能讓正在發育的植物無法存活。
make something inviable: genetic cause
The researchers counted the inviable cells under the microscope each morning.
研究人員每天早上都在顯微鏡下清點那些無法存活的細胞。
inviable cells: dead or non-growing units
- inviable seeds
- inviable embryos
- inviable cells
- genetically inviable
- viable
able to survive and grow into a living being
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense applies only to living material (seeds, cells, embryos, organisms) that cannot survive, often for a genetic reason, while sense 1 applies to plans and businesses that cannot last.
常見錯誤
同根字
- viable形容詞B2
- viability名詞C1
- inviability名詞C2
常見搭配
常用片語
- become inviable
- make something inviable