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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 mountain of power where he lives is said to be impregnable.
  据说他住的那座山固若金汤。
• 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。
• An impregnable fortress; fortifications that made the frontier inviolable.
  一个坚固的城堡；防御工事使得边境不可侵犯。
• 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。
• 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。