- incompatible (with something)
two actions, ideas, etc. that are incompatible are not acceptable or possible together because of basic differences （與某事物）不一致，不相配 The hours of the job are incompatible with family life. 這份工作的上班時間和家庭生活有沖突。 These two objectives are mutually incompatible. 這兩個目標相互矛盾。
Extra ExamplesScepticism and trust are not necessarily incompatible. 懷疑與信任未必不能共存。 This behaviour is completely incompatible with his role as a teacher. 這種行爲與他教師的身分完全不相配。
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two people who are incompatible are very different from each other and so are not able to live or work happily together （與某人）合不來，不能和睦相處 She and her husband soon proved to be totally incompatible. 她和丈夫很快就被證明是完全不相容的。
- incompatible (with something)
two things that are incompatible are of different types so that they cannot be used or mixed together （與某物）不匹配；配伍禁忌的；不兼容；互斥 New computer software is often incompatible with older computers. 新的計算機軟件往往和舊式計算機不兼容。 Those two blood groups are incompatible. 那兩種血型不相容。
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin incompatibilis, from in- ‘not’ + compatibilis, from compati ‘suffer with’.