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

• incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted
  1. an impregnable argument
  2. impregnable self-confidence
  Synonym:inexpugnable
• capable of conceiving
  Synonym:conceptive
• immune to attack
  1. an impregnable fortress
  2. fortifications that made the frontier inviolable
  3. a secure telephone connection
  Synonym:inviolablesecurestrongunassailableunattackable

双语例句

• They will establish impregnable fortresses to defend themselves.
  他们将建造坚不可摧的堡垒来保卫自己。
• 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。
• This core, the Citadel, remains impregnable while its adherents fashion an increasingly baroque fantasy.
  虽然该理论的拥护者打造出一种越来越具巴洛克风格的空想，但这个核心或曰堡垒（theCitadel）却牢不可破。
• 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。
• 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。
• An impregnable security truck, wired with explosives.
  绑着炸药的坚不可摧的安全运货车。
• This mountain of power where he lives is said to be impregnable.
  据说他住的那座山固若金汤。
• 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。
• Only in this way, the academic periodicals of good quality may stand in an impregnable position in the periodical market of fierce competition.
  只有这样，有质量的学术期刊才有可能在竞争激烈的期刊市场中立于不败之地。
• With a little help from demography, the visceral desire for individual freedom and human dignity has upended once impregnable regimes.
  这些民众内心深处对个人自由和人类尊严的渴望，推翻了曾经坚不可摧的政权&在这方面，人口结构也起到了少许积极作用。