implacable [implǽkəbl] (11) a なだめにくい
語源
Did You Know? (Merriam-Webster
)
Implacable comes from the Latin word implacabilis, with which it shares the meaning "not easily placated." Ultimately, it comes from the verb placare, meaning "to calm" or "to soothe." Implacable adds the negative im- to the root to describe something that cannot be calmed or soothed or altered. The root -placare also gave us placate. You may ask, what about similar-looking words placid and placebo? These words are related to implacable and placate, but not as closely as you might suspect. They come from the Latin verb placēre, a relative of placare that means "to please."
「静める、なだめる」を意味するラテン語の動詞placareが語源。同語源の単語としてplacate「なだめる」があります。ただし、いかにも同語源風のplacid「おとなしい、穏かな」とplacebo「偽薬」は、placareの親戚で「喜ばす」を意味するplacēreが語源。
意味
If you say that someone is implacable, you mean that they have very strong feelings of hostility or disapproval which nobody can change. adj
...the threat of invasion by a ruthless and implacable enemy... (Collins COBUILD
)
「誰にも翻すことのできない敵意や不賛成の強い感情を持っている」
コロケーション
enemy、foe、oppositionなどを形容
例文 (Longman
)
▪ The Times has probably become his most implacable critic.
▪ C., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is an implacable foe of the treaty.
▪ The implacable opposition of employers had forced wages down despite the most determined efforts of the trade unions.
▪ Finally, the weight of scientific evidence, wielded by an implacable defense attorney, got Miller released and another man indicted.
同意語
Inflexible, relentless, implacable, inexorable imply having the quality of not being turned from a purpose.
Inflexible means unbending, adhering undeviatingly to a set plan, purpose, or the like: inflexible in interpretation of rules; an inflexible will.
Relentless suggests so pitiless and unremitting a pursuit of purpose as to convey a sense of inevitableness: as relentless as the passing of time.
Implacable means incapable of being placated or appeased: implacable in wrath.
Inexorable means unmoved by prayer or entreaty: inexorable in demanding payment. (Random House
)
inflexible [infléksəbl] (8) a 融通のきかない、固定した 「決められた計画や目的等を変えず固執している」
relentless [riléntlis] (10) a 絶え間ない、情け容赦ない 「無慈悲で必然的なこととして絶え間なく目的達成を目指す」
implacable [implǽkəbl] (11) a なだめにくい 「なだめたり譲歩させたりすることのできない」
inexorable [inéksərəbl] (11) a どうしても変えられない 「祈りや嘆願によって変えることのできない」
「頑固な」同意語は次項intractableで。