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

GRETEM8

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They could lay bare in the utmost detail everything that you had done or said or thought; but the inner heart, whose workings were mysterious even to yourself, remained impregnable.
  他们可以把你所做的，或者说的，或者想的都事无巨细地暴露无遗，但是你的内心仍是攻不破的，你的内心的活动甚至对你自己来说也是神秘的。
• Their impregnable arguments are hard to rebut.
  他们牢不可破的论点很难被驳倒。
• 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。