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.

  1. 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
  2. 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

  1. ADJ 牢不可破的;固若金汤的;无法攻取的
    If you describe a building or other place as impregnable, 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。
  2. ADJ 不可战胜的;不可撼动的
    If you say that a person or group is impregnable, or their position is impregnable, 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。

双语例句

  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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. This is an impregnable fortress.
    这个堡垒是攻不破的。
  6. Yet this is your prototype, who season by season Against siege of rain and the winds attrition, Preserves his stock, an impregnable fortress Not to be stormed even in deaths confusion.
    然而这就是你的原型,一季复一季抵抗雨的围攻,风的销蚀,他保卫着他的畜群,一个坚不可摧的堡垒,即便在受死亡威胁的慌乱中也不会被突袭。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. This mountain of power where he lives is said to be impregnable.
    据说他住的那座山固若金汤。
  11. 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。
  12. Some Republicans privately concede Mr Obama's position may be impregnable.
    一些共和党人私下承认,奥巴马的地位可能固若金汤。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. Their impregnable arguments are hard to rebut.
    他们牢不可破的论点很难被驳倒。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. 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。
  19. 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。
  20. 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。
  21. They will establish impregnable fortresses to defend themselves.
    他们将建造坚不可摧的堡垒来保卫自己。
  22. Even vast companies with seemingly impregnable market positions can fail if they lose sight of why they are in business.
    如果忘记了存在的目的,即便是那些市场地位看上去坚不可摧的大型企业也可能倒闭。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. 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。
  26. Therefore, company, if wants to be in an impregnable position in the intense market competition must seek some new breakthroughs.
    所以,公司要想在激烈的市场竞争中立于不败之地必须寻求一些新的突破。
  27. 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。
  28. An impregnable security truck, wired with explosives.
    绑着炸药的坚不可摧的安全运货车。
  29. 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。
  30. 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。

英英释义

adj

  1. incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted
    1. an impregnable argument
    2. impregnable self-confidence

    Synonym:    inexpugnable

  2. capable of conceiving

      Synonym:    conceptive

    1. immune to attack
      1. an impregnable fortress
      2. fortifications that made the frontier inviolable
      3. a secure telephone connection

      Synonym:    inviolablesecurestrongunassailableunattackable