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单词 impregnable
释义
impregnable
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpreɡ.nə.bəl/us
/ɪmˈpreɡ.nə.bəl/
Abuildingor otherplacethat is impregnable is sostronglybuiltand/ordefendedthat it cannot beenteredbyforce:
（建筑或其他场所）坚不可摧的，固若金汤的
Despiteburglaralarmsandwindowlocks,homesare never impregnable againstdeterminedthieves.即使家里装上防盗警报器并锁好窗户，也挡不住贼心不死的小偷。
mainlyUK
powerfulandimpossibletobeat,especiallyinsport:
（尤指体育运动中）不可战胜的
Surrey have beenbuildingup an impregnableleadin this season's County Championship.在本赛季的全郡锦标赛中，萨里队已经遥遥领先，势不可当。
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Physically strong and powerful
(Definition ofimpregnablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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impregnable
adjective
us
/ɪmˈpreɡ·nə·bəl/
sostronglymade that it cannot bebrokeninto or taken byforce:
an impregnablefortress
(Definition ofimpregnablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They have two great assets —impregnablemountains and magnificent harbours.
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However strong the store may be, nothing would be reallyimpregnable, and the stores would be most tempting targets for any wrongdoer.
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They have gone into battle once a year, but the fortress has remained virtuallyimpregnable.
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The local authority would be placed in animpregnableposition.
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We had animpregnablebargaining card in that flat refusal.
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I am going to put forward the view that in certain circumstances the fortress is notimpregnable.
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Whilst we all recognise the defects well enough, instinctively we regard the fortress asimpregnable.
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I do not think the right answer is to try to make all roadsimpregnableto cattle and sheep.
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I have already made known my own view that total,impregnablesecurity is not compatible with the free society we enjoy.
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In this country at least we areimpregnable.
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I am quite ready to admit that it should be the duty of us all to render our countryimpregnableto attack.
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Are those industries soimpregnablethat a little adjustment here or there may not do them harm?
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There is no prison that isimpregnableto the slyness, the cleverness and the potential of the revolutionaries.
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Indeed, the result of constant and consistent pressure from external sources is that the system becomes almostimpregnable.
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I said just now that the finance of this country stood out like animpregnablerock in the middle of the sea.
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