<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>难免 (nánmiǎn) means "to be unavoidable" or "inevitable" and is most commonly placed before a verb, often an auxillary verb such as 会 or 要. It can only be used to introduce an inevitable situation that is characterized by negative features. One cannot use 难免 to talk of a positive inevitability such as "you will inevitably have a good time."</p> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <div class="jiegou"> <p>(Subj.) + 难免 + Verb</p> </div> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>刚 开始 说 外语 时 <em>难免</em> 会 有 一些 误会。<span class="trans">When you first start speaking a foreign language, there are inevitably going to be some misunderstandings.</span></li> <li>年轻 人 <em>难免</em> 会 遇到 挫折，关键 是 学习 怎么样 克服。<span class= "trans">Young people are always going to face problems, but the most important thing is to learn how to overcome them.</span></li> <li>第 一 次 坐 飞机 出国 <em>难免</em> 会 有点 兴奋 。<span class="trans">There‘s no way not to feel excited about it the first time you go abroad by plane .</span></li> <li>现在 是 高峰期，地铁 <em>难免</em> 会 拥挤。<span class="trans">It's rush hour right now. There's no way to avoid the congestion in the subway.</span></li> <li>这家 公司 的 实习生 <em>难免</em> 要 做 一些 打杂 的 事。<span class= "trans">There's no way for the interns at this firm to avoid doing odds and ends.</span></li> </ul> </div> <p>Using a negative in the phrase after 难免 does not change the meaning of the sentence. So, for example, 难免不拥挤 and 难免拥挤 mean the same thing.</p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D" class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语八百词</a> pp.408-409 <a href= "http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001198GSW&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001198GSW"> →buy</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:_B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category: B2 grammar points</a> <a href="Category:_Verbs" title= "wikilink">Category: Verbs</a></p> </body> </html>