notableto bepunished,criticized, orchangedin any way:
不可惩罚的；不许批评的；不可改变的
Hebelievedthepolicewould neverarresthim, that he was untouchable.他相信警察不可能逮捕他，他是碰不得的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Safe and secure
airworthiness
airworthy
as safe as housesidiom
biosafety
bite
health and safety
impregnable
in safe handsidiom
innocent
innocuous
safe
safe space
safeguard
safely
safeness
seaworthy
someone/somethingwon't biteidiom
the coast is clearidiom
well kept
worthy
See more results »
untouchableadjective(NOT DEFEATED)
notableto bedefeatedor to be as good as somethingelse:
Coventry City haveproveduntouchable thisseason- they've justwontheirsixthconsecutivegame.本赛季考文垂城队已经证明是无法击败的——他们刚刚取得了6连胜。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Physically strong and powerful
(as) tough as old bootsidiom
almighty
beefy
billy-o
brute
burly
corded
intensely
invincible
invincibly
invulnerable
keenly
lusty
reckon
stalwart
stoutly
sturdily
super-powerful
superhuman
to be reckoned withidiom
See more results »
untouchableadjective(IN INDIA)
old-fashionedoffensive
a word used in the past todescribepeople,particularlypeopleinIndia, whobelongedto thecaste(=socialgroup)that wasconsideredthelowest, or todescribethingsrelatingto thesepeople. This word is nowconsideredoffensive.
a word used in the past for aperson,particularlyapersonfromIndia, whobelongedto thecaste(=socialgroup)that wasconsideredthelowest. This word is nowconsideredoffensive.
They are now static,untouchablemuseum objects, but they were designed to be opened and discovered.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The musicologist had one flaw, however: a tendency to 'treat his conclusions as personal anduntouchableacquisitions'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In particular, this technology addresses the relationship between touchable/untouchableand intimacy/intimidation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thinkers in both countries have disagreed, sometimes passionately, over whether being black is like being colonized or like beinguntouchable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Early in 1930,untouchableuplift had been freely incorporated into the wider programme of civil disobedience.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Combinations of print and parody were thusuntouchable, even though in skilled hands they could form an especially devastating sort of critique.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One of its aims was to deny thatuntouchableuplift, as a truly secular and rational project, could possibly have communal implications.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Untouchableseparatism could be characterized as a battle against religious unification.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If the body is touched does this also mean that the 'untouchable' aspects of the cultural construction of the body are touched?
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is no final,untouchablework that stands outside history.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theuntouchablestill remains where he was socially, but the statute book at least contains a law which renders the practice of untouchability punishable by rigorous imprisonment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The huge problem involving people who are, to this day, considered outcastes and therefore 'untouchable' is disturbing.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
A dalit oruntouchableis without prospects from birth and is doomed to a lifetime of humiliations and an existence on the fringe of society.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I ask why military expenditure alone should be sacrosanct,untouchableand have top priority.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He regards all authority as the horribleuntouchable, strictly for the birds.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.