1. The sides of the dish were so smooth that it was almost impossible to attach hawsers and chains to the rim without damaging it.
    盘子四边十分光滑，要在盘边拴上绳索或链条而同时又不损坏它是很难办到的。

2. The wind had brought dark clouds and heavy rain, so it was impossible to take a walk.
    风卷乌云，大雨倾盆，出去散步是不可能了。

3. The African kept trying to escape — which in those days was to attempt the impossible — and each time he was caught and brought back.
    “老非洲”一直企图逃跑——但在当时要逃走是不可能的——每一次他都被抓住给带了回来。

4. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
    心之所愿，无事不成。

5. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
    世上无难事，只怕有心人。

6. No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink and to this day it has never written a single word!
    然而不管我如何摆弄，那枝漂亮的钢笔就是吸不进墨水来。直到今天，那枝笔连一个字也没写过！

7. He says it is impossible for any two people to see the world exactly alike.
    他说任何两个人都不可能对外界有完全一样的看法。

8. Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.
    牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。

9. Anthropology was by definiton impossible as long as these distinctions held sway over people´s minds.
    只要这些差别之点在人的思想上占据统治地位时，人灶学，按其定义，是不可能存在的。

10. Anthropology was by definition impossible, as long as these distinctions between ourselves and the primitive, ourselves and the barbarian, ourselves and the pagan, held sway over people´s minds.
    只要我们同原始人，我们同野蛮人，我们同异教徒之间存有的区别在人的思想中占主工导地位，那么人类学按其定义来说就无法存在。