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单词 indefensible
释义
indefensible
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈfen.sə.bəl/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈfen.sə.bəl/
toobadto beprotectedfromcriticism:
无可辩解的；站不住脚的
Thewarismorallyindefensible.这场战争在道义上是说不过去的。
Hisopinions/attitudesarecompletelyindefensible.他的观点／态度是完全站不住脚的。
notableto beprotectedagainstattack:
无法防守的
indefensibleborders无法保卫的边界
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indefensibly
(Definition ofindefensiblefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

indefensible| American Dictionary

indefensible
adjective
us
/ˌɪn·dɪˈfen·sə·bəl/
(ofbehavior) sobadthat it cannot bedefendedagainstcriticism:
Hisactionsindestroyingthetapeswere indefensible.
(Definition ofindefensiblefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindefensible

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By the mid-1970s a resurgent new right was breeding a much more aggressive ' defence ' of the formerly largelyindefensible.
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He has said that: (i) it is probably the most common means of controlling human behaviour; (ii) it is ineffective; (iii) it is morallyindefensible.
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As we noted at the outset, not all sources of order in the international system are equally defensible; some may be totallyindefensible.
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A variety of cloaked and disguised hazards can intrude on the policy-making process and, in the name of justice, lead toindefensibleresults.
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Despite the benefits of modelling, inappropriate orindefensibleapplications can have unwanted and even disastrous consequences.
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Today, union leaders increasingly accept that the demand for exclusive access and monopoly of representation and employment isindefensiblein a modern democratic society and an open economy.
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Globalisation has been identified as a major driving force - an inexorable economic transition responsible for undermining nation states, rendering public spendingindefensible, dismantling welfare states and over-riding democratic political control.
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Here it is to be observed that the wordsindefensibleand dead-end are not chosen arbitrarily, but rather, are motivated by their respective underlying conceptual metaphors.
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I felt that the computer might answer some of his criticisms, that it might offer a hope for an enterprise that he seemed to think was intellectuallyindefensible.
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The first point regarding the quantitative count of late learners who obtained high grammaticality scores is suggestive at best but essentiallyindefensibleas a statistical argument.
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As taxpayers, we should not be asked to foot the bill for that kind ofindefensiblebehaviour.
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To do so would be educationally and morallyindefensible.
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Adopting this view is certain to replace the present muddle with a new, and equallyindefensible, shambles.
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The present position all too clearly isindefensible.
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Whether we think it is a lovely, a ridiculous, or anindefensibleplan, that is the situation.
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