ungovernable

英 [ʌnˈɡʌvənəbl]

美 [ʌnˈɡʌvərnəbl]

adj.  无法管治的; 难以控制的; 抑制不住的; 无法控制的

法律

BNC.34016 / COCA.29331

牛津词典

adj.

• 无法管治的；难以控制的
  impossible to govern or control
• 抑制不住的；无法控制的
  impossible to control
  1. ungovernable rage
     难以抑制的暴怒

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （国家或地区）难治理的，难控制的
  If you describe a country or region asungovernable, you mean that it seems impossible to control or govern it effectively, for example because of violence or conflict among the population.
  1. Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable...
     该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。
  2. The country has become virtually ungovernable.
     这个国家已经基本上失控了。
• ADJ （感情）难以抑制的
  If you describe feelings asungovernable, you mean that they are so strong that they cannot be controlled.
  1. He was filled with an ungovernable rage.
     他怒不可遏。
  2. ...ungovernable passions.
     无法控制的激情

英英释义

adj

• of persons
  1. the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
  Synonym:indocileuncontrollableunruly

双语例句

• Some Americans are asking whether polarized politics has made the United States ungovernable.
  有些美国人问，这种极端的政治立场，是否会使美国变得难于治理。
• Today, America's sole superpower status, which steeled the Bush administration in its determination to go to war in Iraq, is losing relevance. Instead, the US has an ungovernable new world on its hands.
  美国的单一超级大国地位，曾促使布什政府下决心攻打伊拉克。如今，这种地位正失去意义：美国面对一个无法驾驭的新世界。
• Add to this volatile mix the legions of unidentified and seemingly ungovernable bloggers and citizen journalists, operating with gusto but without prior training or certification of any kind.
  夹杂在这种纷繁变化中的一个因素是，大量不知姓名身份、似乎无法控制的博客作者和公民记者兴致勃勃地活跃在互联网上，然而他们从未经过训练或持有任何证书。
• He began by saying that he would make the province ungovernable.
  他一开始就说他将使那个省变得无法治理。
• She was a lady of such ungovernable spirit and fiery temper.
  她是一个性子暴躁倔强，很难管教的姑娘。
• The country has become virtually ungovernable.
  这个国家已经基本上失控了。
• Mr Berlusconi has sought to justify this by arguing that the myriad checks and balances in the system make Italy ungovernable.
  贝卢斯科尼称，冗杂的制衡使得意大利无法管理，希望以此为正名。
• Despite his almost technocratic style, Mr Bloomberg has impressed the electorate as manager of the once "ungovernable" city.
  尽管他几乎具有技术官员的风格，但布隆伯格给选民的印象是，他是一个曾经“无法无天”的城市的管理者。
• It is not so much that America is ungovernable, as that Mr Obama has done a lousy job of winning over Republicans and independents to the causes he favours.
  奥巴马在打败共和党人和独立参选人士赢得自己钟爱的事业之后却把工作干的一塌糊涂，这和美国难以管制是两回事。
• She was afraid, for she knew the ungovernable rages that her son William permitted to possess him when he was opposed.
  她感到非常害怕，因为她太清楚自己儿子的脾气了，当他受到抵触的时候，情绪往往会失控而变得暴跳如雷。