[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不可触犯的;不可违背的 If a law or principle is inviolable, you must not break it.
[FORMAL 正式]
The game had a single inviolable rule: obstacles were to be overcome, not circumvented.
该比赛有一个规则不可违背:必须跳过而不能绕过障碍物。
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[ADJ 形容词]不可更改的;不可侵犯的 If a country says its borders are inviolable, it means they must not be changed or crossed without permission.
[FORMAL 正式]
Yesterday's resolution says the present Polish border is 'inviolable'.
昨天的决议称现在的波兰边界是“不可侵犯的”。
inviolability
Parliament has recognised the inviolability of the current border.
国会承认了当前边界的不可侵犯性。
Oxford
in·viol·able/ɪnˈvaɪələbl; NAmEɪnˈvaɪələbl/adjective( formal) that must be respected and not attacked or destroyed 不容亵渎的;不可侵犯的;不容破坏的◆the inviolable right to life不可侵犯的生命权◆inviolable territory不可侵犯的领土◆an inviolable rule不容违背的规则▶in·viol·abil·ity/ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti; NAmEɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti/noun[uncountable ]in·viol·able/ɪnˈvaɪələbl; NAmEɪnˈvaɪələbl/in·viol·abil·ity/ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti; NAmEɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti/
an inviolable right, law, principle etc is extremely important and should be treated with respect and not broken or removed—inviolability /ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]: the inviolability of the country’s borders
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