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源自un- +‎ flap (使...沮丧) +‎ -able

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  • 國際音標(幫助): /ʌnˈflæpəbəl/
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unflappable (比較級 more unflappable最高級 most unflappable)

  1. 临危不惧的,沉着冷静(自1954年)
    近義詞:collectedcooleven-keeled
    反義詞:flappable
    • 1959, The Economist, 第 190 卷:
      The whole thing looked remarkably like an implacable force meeting an unflappable object.
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    • 1978, James D. Margach, The abuse of power: the war between Downing Street and the media from Lloyd George to Callaghan:
      It was for this reason that when Lord Hailsham first described Harold Macmillan as "unflappable'", it became an instant catchword, distancing the incoming Prime Minister from his predecessor
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