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

• Foundations have played an indispensable role in the process of the development of American research universities.
  摘要在美国研究型大学形成与发展的过程中，基金会起到了不可替代的作用。
• Collaboration: This is indispensable in a team environment, so you need work flow and version control.
  协作性（Collaboration）：这是在开发小组环境中必不可少的部分，因此您需要工作流和版本控制。
• Geoff Cooke's recent remark that no one is indispensable will certainly not have escaped him.
  杰夫·库克近来关于没有什么人是不可缺少的那番话当然也包括他。
• The family is the indispensable part in the process of the development and construction of human society.
  家庭是人类社会发展和构建的过程中不可或缺的一部分。
• 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。
• Yes, fruits and vegetables are indispensable to life.
  是的，水果和蔬菜对生命来说是必不可少的。
• Essential tools and materials; funds essential to the completion of the project; an indispensable worker.
  基本的工具和原材料；完成计划的基本资金；一个不可或缺的工人。
• Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
  领导统御和学习是互相不可或缺的。
• All these factors have created and are creating important conditions indispensable to China's final victory.
  所有这些，造成了和造成着为中国最后胜利所不可缺少的重要的条件。
• This is an indispensable part of his creed.
  这是他的信条中必不可少的一部分。