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

• An impregnable security truck, wired with explosives.
  绑着炸药的坚不可摧的安全运货车。
• 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。
• 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。
• No monarch in his impregnable fortress is more secure than the cony in his rocky burrow.
  在巩固城堡中的王并不会比在岩石洞穴中的沙番更安全。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the condition of the market economy, whoever has possessed famous brand, who will grasp the active right of market competition and can be in an impregnable position.
  在以竞争求生存的市场经济条件下，谁拥有了名牌，谁就掌握了市场竞争的主动权，就能立于不败之地。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。