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

• Their impregnable arguments are hard to rebut.
  他们牢不可破的论点很难被驳倒。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• This mountain of power where he lives is said to be impregnable.
  据说他住的那座山固若金汤。
• 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。
• 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。
• History is littered with fallen titans, from United Steel to IBM, whose leadership once seemed impregnable.
  历史上尽是些陨落的巨头，从UnitedSteel到IBM，它们的领袖地位都曾看似牢不可破。
• 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。