單詞
impregnable
英 [?m'pregn?b(?)l]
美[?m'pr?ɡn?bl]
基本信息
- adj. 無法攻取的；不受影響的；要塞堅固的；可以受孕的
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
impregnable 堅不可催的
im-,不，非，pregnable,易受攻擊的，詞源同prehensile,插入字母g.即沒法攻擊的，堅不可催的。
英文詞源
- impregnable
- impregnable: see prey
- impregnable (adj.)
- early 15c., imprenable "impossible to capture," from Middle French imprenable "invulnerable," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Old French prenable "assailable, vulnerable" (see pregnable). With intrusive -g- 16c., on model of deign, reign, etc. Related: Impregnability.
雙語例句
- 1. The Bundesbank's seemingly impregnable position has begun to weaken.
- 德意志聯邦銀行看似不可撼動的地位開始削弱了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In those impregnable mountains, the guerrillas could hold out for years.
- 在那些易守難攻的大山里，游擊隊可以堅持很多年。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The old Dutch fort with its thick high walls looks virtually impregnable.
- 古老的荷蘭城堡城墻又厚又高，看起來幾乎固若金湯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The team built up an impregnable 5-1 lead.
- 這個隊以5:1的絕對優勢領先。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The lawyer won his case with an impregnable argument.
- 律師以無可辯駁的論據打贏了那場官司.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
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