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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was quite relieved to see that the impregnable Miss Crabbe could feel emotion.
  看到那位从不动心的克拉布小姐也动起情来，我感到十分地宽慰。
• The lawyer won his case with an impregnable argument.
  律师以无可辩驳的论据打赢了那场官司。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。