indispensable

英 [ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl]

美 [ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl]

adj.  不可或缺的; 必不可少的
n.  不可缺少的人或物

复数：indispensables　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 不可或缺的；必不可少的
  too important to be without
  1. Cars have become an indispensable part of our lives.
     汽车已成了我们生活中必不可少的一部分。
  2. She made herself indispensable to the department.
     她成为这个部门不可缺少的一分子。
  3. A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a foreign language.
     一本好词典是学习外语必备的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 必不可少的;不可或缺的
  If you say that someone or something isindispensable, you mean that they are absolutely essential and other people or things cannot function without them.
  1. She was becoming indispensable to him.
     他已变得越来越离不开她了。
  2. ...the indispensable guide for any traveller in France.
     在法国对任何游客来说都不可缺少的向导

英英释义

adj

• unavoidable
  1. the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state
• not to be dispensed with
  1. foods indispensable to good nutrition
• absolutely necessary
  1. essential tools and materials
  2. funds essential to the completion of the project
  3. an indispensable worker
  Synonym:essential

双语例句

• Dictionaries are indispensable in English study.
  学英语，词典是少不得的。
• This piece is indispensable to the whole.
  这一块对整体而言是不可缺少的。
• Discussing political factors is indispensable for a nation's economic development.
  研究一个国家的经济发展问题离不开政治因素的讨论。
• Teacher's personality is a strength which is indispensable and irreplaceable.
  教师人格是一种不可或缺和无法替代的教育力量。
• This communication is our success in work and life satisfaction of one of the indispensable links.
  这种沟通是我们在工作中取得成功和生活中获得满足的一个不可或缺的链接。
• Cars have become an indispensable part of our lives.
  汽车已成了我们生活中必不可少的一部份。
• Bread in the sense of food is the indispensable basis of human culture and civilisation.
  面包在食品意义上是人文化和文明的不可缺少的基础。
• Modeling and analysis could become indispensable parts of your process for software design and reengineering.
  建模和分析可成为软件设计和再工程过程的不可或缺的部分。
• Honesty is indispensable, but the more important management virtue in a crisis is trust.
  诚实不可或缺，但在危机中，更重要的管理美德是信任。
• In my job, a telephone is indispensable.
  在我的工作中，电话是必不可少的。