indispensable
adjective /ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl/
/ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl/
- too important to be without
不可或缺的；必不可少的 - 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。 - indispensable to somebody/something She made herself indispensable to the department.
她成为这个部门不可缺少的一分子。 - indispensable for something/for doing something A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a foreign language.
一本好词典是学习外语必备的。
Synonyms essentialessential- vital
- crucial
- critical
- decisive
- indispensable
- essential extremely important and completely necessary, because without it something cannot exist, be made or be successful:
- Experience is essential for this job.
对于这个工作，经验是非常重要的。
- Experience is essential for this job.
- vital essential:
- The police play a vital role in our society.
警察在我们的社会中起着极其重要的作用。
- The police play a vital role in our society.
用 essential 还是 vital？ - crucial extremely important because a particular situation or activity depends on it:
- It is crucial that we get this right.
我们把这个问题弄明白是极其重要的。
- It is crucial that we get this right.
- critical extremely important because a particular situation or activity depends on it:
- Your decision is critical to our future.
你的决定对我们的将来至关重要。
- Your decision is critical to our future.
用 crucial 还是 critical？ - decisive of the greatest importance in affecting the final result of a particular situation:
- She has played a decisive role in the peace negotiations.
她在和谈中起了关键作用。
- She has played a decisive role in the peace negotiations.
- indispensable essential; too important to be without:
- 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。
- Cars have become an indispensable part of our lives.
- essential/vital/crucial/critical/decisive/indispensable for something
- essential/vital/crucial/critical/indispensable to something
- essential/vital/crucial/critical that…
- essential/vital/crucial/critical to do something
- a(n) essential/vital/crucial/critical/decisive/indispensable part/factor
- of vital/crucial/critical/decisive importance
- absolutely essential/vital/crucial/critical/decisive/indispensable
Language Bank vitalvitalSaying that something is necessary表达某事是必要的 - It is vital that journalists can verify the accuracy of their reports.
新闻记者能够核实其报道的准确性，这一点至关重要。
- It is vital that journalists can verify the accuracy of their reports.
- Journalists play a vital/crucial role in educating the public.
新闻记者对教育公众起着极其重要的作用。
- Journalists play a vital/crucial role in educating the public.
- Public trust is a crucial issue for all news organizations.
对所有新闻机构来说，公众的信任是至关重要的问题。
- Public trust is a crucial issue for all news organizations.
- The ability to write well is essential for any journalist.
好的笔头功夫对任何一个新闻记者都是非常重要的。
- The ability to write well is essential for any journalist.
- The internet has become an indispensable tool for reporters.
互联网已经成为记者不可或缺的工具。
- The internet has become an indispensable tool for reporters.
- In journalism, accuracy is paramount/…is of paramount importance.
在新闻工作中，准确至关重要。
- In journalism, accuracy is paramount/…is of paramount importance.
- It is imperative that journalists maintain the highest possible standards of reporting.
新闻记者的当务之急是尽可能保持最高水平的报道。
- It is imperative that journalists maintain the highest possible standards of reporting.
- These drugs are almost indispensable in the fight against the disease.
这些药物对治疗这种疾病几乎是不可缺少的。 - Written sources are considered absolutely indispensable for today's history teaching.
对于今天的历史教学来说，书面资料被认为是绝对必需的。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- become
- …
- absolutely
- for
- in
- to
- …
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘not to be allowed or provided for by ecclesiastical dispensation’): from medieval Latin indispensabilis, from in- ‘not’ + dispensabilis (from Latin dispensare ‘continue to weigh out or disburse’, from the verb dispendere, based on pendere ‘weigh’). - Cars have become an indispensable part of our lives.