- incompatible (with something)
two actions, ideas, etc. that are incompatible are not acceptable or possible together because of basic differences （与某事物）不一致，不相配 The hours of the job are incompatible with family life. 这份工作的上班时间和家庭生活有冲突。 These two objectives are mutually incompatible. 这两个目标相互矛盾。
Extra ExamplesScepticism and trust are not necessarily incompatible. 怀疑与信任未必不能共存。 This behaviour is completely incompatible with his role as a teacher. 这种行为与他教师的身分完全不相配。
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two people who are incompatible are very different from each other and so are not able to live or work happily together （与某人）合不来，不能和睦相处 She and her husband soon proved to be totally incompatible. 她和丈夫很快就被证明是完全不相容的。
- incompatible (with something)
two things that are incompatible are of different types so that they cannot be used or mixed together （与某物）不匹配；配伍禁忌的；不兼容；互斥 New computer software is often incompatible with older computers. 新的计算机软件往往和旧式计算机不兼容。 Those two blood groups are incompatible. 那两种血型不相容。
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin incompatibilis, from in- ‘not’ + compatibilis, from compati ‘suffer with’.