incompatible
adjective /ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbl/
/ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbl/
- 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。
- Scepticism 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。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- with
- The hours of the job are incompatible with family life.
- 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。
- She and her husband soon proved to be totally incompatible.
- 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。
- New computer software is often incompatible with older computers.
词源late Middle English: from medieval Latin incompatibilis, from in- ‘not’ + compatibilis, from compati ‘suffer with’.