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

• This is an impregnable fortress.
  这个堡垒是攻不破的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I am in that second category: in 1991, the community where I was living in the USSR imploded unexpectedly into a brutal civil war, leaving me haunted by the awareness that seemingly impregnable systems can sometimes be very fragile.
  我属于第二种：1991年，我所生活的前苏联社会出人意料地陷入了残酷的内战，这让我痛苦地意识到，表面上牢不可破的体系有时也会非常脆弱。
• You don't see the moose in the forest, and you don't see the mountain as a humble and impregnable expression of antiquity.
  你不会看到森林中的驼鹿，也欣赏不到古老的山峦展现出来的谦逊朴实和坚定不移。
• You can fit your house with burglar alarms and double locks but your home will never be impregnable against determined thieves.
  你可给你的房子安装防盗警报器和双重锁，但你的家对下决心要偷的人来说永远也不会是牢不可破的。
• So he shut himself up in his castle, whose impregnable strength was such as defied a seige.
  所以他把自己关在他的城堡里，那城堡盖得牢不可破，经得起围攻。
• In combination, these two trends threaten to shake the foundation of the modern university, in much the same way that other seemingly impregnable institutions have been torn apart.
  这两种趋势结合起来动摇了当代大学的基础，和其他貌似坚不可摧的机构被四分五裂的方式大同小异。
• But we hit an impregnable wall when it comes to free flow across the world of people eager to maximize the value of their labor.
  而当我们作为世界人民，想要最大限度地发挥自己的劳动力价值时，就有一道坚不可摧的墙横在我们面前。