Tra từ impossible - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

im·pos·sible BrE [ɪmˈpɒsəbl] NAmE [ɪmˈpɑːsəbl] adjective
1. that cannot exist or be done; not possible
•almost/virtually impossible
•It's impossible for me to be there before eight.
• It's impossible to prove.
•I find it impossible to lie to her.
•an impossible dream/goal
Opp: ↑possible
2. very difficult to deal with
• I've been placed in an impossible position.
• Honestly, you're impossible at times!
3. the impossiblenoun singular a thing that is or seems impossible
•to attempt the impossible
Derived Words: ↑impossibility ▪ ↑impossibly

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin impossibilis, from in- ‘not’ + possibilis, from posse ‘be able’.

Thesaurus:
impossible adj.
•It was an impossible dream.
out of the question • |especially written unthinkable • • inconceivable • • unattainable •
Opp: possible
be impossible/unthinkable/inconceivable to sb
be impossible/out of the question/unthinkable/inconceivable for sb to do sth
be impossible/out of the question/unthinkable/inconceivable that…

Example Bank:
•Carrying a wardrobe up our narrow staircase would be a physical impossibility.
•For insects to have evolved by chance seems an impossibility.
•In theory, the new laws make institutional racism an impossibility.
•The play tries to demonstrate the impossibility of human communication.
•They argued the impossibility of the capitalist system.
•They recognized the impossibility of continuing the struggle against superior forces.

Example Bank:
•Cooking for forty would be frankly impossible without my new assistant.
•Darkness made it impossible to continue.
•I find her impossible.
•I found his offer impossible to resist.
•I'm really sorry. It's just impossible.
•It was well-nigh impossible for him to convince her that he was right.
•It's impossible for me to say.
•The high cost of childcare made returning to work economically impossible.
•The situation is just impossible for us.
•They are setting a standard that it is humanly impossible to meet.
•With the new equipment we will be able to accomplish hitherto impossible tasks.
•You can be absolutely impossible at times!
•a desirable and far from impossible objective to achieve
•I realized it was an impossible dream.
•It's impossible for me to be there before eight.
•That's impossible!