As the glacier recedes, the gradual transformation of the landscape becomes inevitable.
随着冰川消退，地形的逐渐转变变得不可避免。
Novelist Petra Vann writes that the best endings surprise readers while still feeling, in retrospect, inevitable given everything that came before.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “inevitable”?
A — Certain to happen. “inevitable” means certain to happen.
Which word means “certain to happen”?
A — inevitable. “inevitable” means certain to happen.
inevitable — certain to happen. In Chinese: 不可避免的.
inevitable is pronounced /ɪnˈevɪtəbl/.
As the glacier recedes, the gradual transformation of the landscape becomes inevitable. (随着冰川消退，地形的逐渐转变变得不可避免。)
unavoidable, certain, inescapable — all close in meaning to inevitable (certain to happen).
avoidable, uncertain — each the opposite of inevitable (certain to happen).
Yes. inevitable is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
in(un-avoidable)