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impregnable

英 [ɪmˈpreɡnəbl]

美 [ɪmˈpreɡnəbl]

adj.  坚不可摧的; 牢不可破的; 不可战胜的; 难以改变的

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BNC.19132 / COCA.25486

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 坚不可摧的;牢不可破的
      an impregnable building is so strongly built that it cannot be entered by force
      1. an impregnable fortress
        坚不可摧的要塞
    • 不可战胜的;难以改变的
      strong and impossible to defeat or change
      1. The team built up an impregnable 5-1 lead.
        这个队以5:1的绝对优势领先。

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ 牢不可破的;固若金汤的;无法攻取的
      If you describe a building or other place asimpregnable, you mean that it cannot be broken into or captured.
      1. The old Dutch fort with its thick high walls looks virtually impregnable...
        古老的荷兰城堡城墙又厚又高,看起来几乎固若金汤。
      2. In those impregnable mountains, the guerrillas could hold out for years.
        在那些易守难攻的大山里,游击队可以坚持很多年。
    • ADJ 不可战胜的;不可撼动的
      If you say that a person or group isimpregnable, or their position isimpregnable, you think they cannot be defeated by anyone.
      1. The Bundesbank's seemingly impregnable position has begun to weaken.
        德意志联邦银行看似不可撼动的地位开始削弱了。

    英英释义

    adj

    双语例句

    • I was quite relieved to see that the impregnable Miss Crabbe could feel emotion.
      看到那位从不动心的克拉布小姐也动起情来,我感到十分地宽慰。
    • The Bundesbank's seemingly impregnable position has begun to weaken.
      德意志联邦银行看似不可撼动的地位开始削弱了。
    • For Mr Brown, it is Mervyn King, whom he has reappointed to an equally impregnable position.
      给布朗添乱的则是默文金(mervynking),他受布朗二度任命,地位与贝克特一样稳固。
    • They could lay bare in the utmost detail everything that you had done or said or thought; but the inner heart, whose workings were mysterious even to yourself, remained impregnable.
      他们可以把你所做的,或者说的,或者想的都事无巨细地暴露无遗,但是你的内心仍是攻不破的,你的内心的活动甚至对你自己来说也是神秘的。
    • Some Republicans privately concede Mr Obama's position may be impregnable.
      一些共和党人私下承认,奥巴马的地位可能固若金汤。
    • The old Dutch fort with its thick high walls looks virtually impregnable
      古老的荷兰城堡城墙又厚又高,看起来几乎固若金汤。
    • Even vast companies with seemingly impregnable market positions can fail if they lose sight of why they are in business.
      如果忘记了存在的目的,即便是那些市场地位看上去坚不可摧的大型企业也可能倒闭。
    • An impregnable security truck, wired with explosives.
      绑着炸药的坚不可摧的安全运货车。
    • Not long ago, Nokia and BlackBerry looked nearly as impregnable as Apple does today.
      不久以前,诺基亚和黑莓(BlackBerry)也曾与如今的苹果一样,有着看似几乎固若金汤的地位。
    • The lawyer won his case with an impregnable argument.
      律师以无可辩驳的论据打赢了那场官司。