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impregnable

/im-preg-nuh-buhl/US // ɪmˈprɛg nə bəl //UK // (ɪmˈprɛɡnəbəl) //

坚不可摧的,坚不可摧,坚固的,坚如磐石

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
    • : not to be overcome or overthrown: an impregnable argument.

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Examples

  • It was a ponderous labyrinth of bolts, locks, and steel doors, making it an almost impregnable fortress.

  • When Sherman reached those earthworks, he thought them the most impregnable he had ever seen.

  • His place in the hearts of most Thai is central and impregnable.

  • Meanwhile, the Russians made the salient virtually impregnable.

  • But it was really the uemployment data that turned out to be his impregnable fortress.

  • The Prussians held an apparently impregnable position on the Landgrafenberg, a precipitous hill which commanded the town.

  • These are truths—fixed facts, that quaint theory and exhausted moralising, are impregnable to, and fall harmlessly before.

  • This done, the fort was declared impregnable, and the tired travellers turned in, well assured of complete security.

  • At the beginning of this year Antwerp, supposed to have been impregnable, surrendered to Marshal Gerard.

  • Here, at least, was a citadel impregnable by right-hand defections or left-hand extremes.