that you cannot avoid or prevent 不可避免的；不能防止的 It was an inevitable consequence of the decision. 那是这个决定的必然后果。 - it is inevitable that
It was inevitable that there would be job losses. 裁员已是不可避免的事。 A rise in the interest rates seems inevitable. 提高利率似乎是不可避免的。
Extra ExamplesThe scandal made her resignation inevitable. 丑闻使得她不得不辞职。 They came to see defeat as inevitable. 他们逐渐认识到失败是不可避免的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- almost
- virtually
- apparently
- …
- bow to the inevitable
- [only before noun] (often humorous)
happening so often that you always expect it 总会发生的；照例必有的；惯常的 the English and their inevitable cups of tea 英国人和他们例行的饮茶
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- almost
- virtually
- apparently
- …
- bow to the inevitable
- the inevitablenoun [singular]
something that is certain to happen 必然发生的事；不可避免的事 You have to accept the inevitable. 你得接受必然发生的事。 The inevitable happened—I forgot my passport. 逃不掉的事情发生了，我忘了带护照。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin inevitabilis, from in- ‘not’ + evitabilis ‘avoidable’ (from evitare ‘avoid’).