不免

bùmiǎn

adverb HSK 5 #38,436

Meanings

Literally 'cannot avoid' — something is unavoidable

Dì yī cì yǎnjiǎng, bù miǎn yǒu xiē jǐnzhāng.

For the first speech, it's inevitable to be a bit nervous.

Yī gè rén zhù, bù miǎn huì gǎndào gūdú.

Living alone, one inevitably feels lonely.

Gāng dào xīn huánjìng, bù miǎn yǒu xiē bù xíguàn.

Having just arrived in a new environment, it's unavoidable to feel a bit unaccustomed.

usage

不免 is more literary than 免不了 (miǎn bù liǎo), which means the same thing but is more colloquial. Both mean 'inevitably.'

grammar

不免 is placed before the verb/adjective: 不免 + feeling/situation. It often appears after a cause or condition.

不 bù

免 miǎn