Front | inviolable |
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Pron | [ɪn'vaɪələbl] |
Back | 【INVIOLABLE】 Freedom of action is one of the inviolable rules of human behavior. 行动的自由是人类行为中不可侵犯的原则之一。 【重点词汇】 inviolable adj. 神圣的, 不可亵渎的, 不可侵犯的 |
Vocab | inviolableincapable of being transgressed or dishonored
Wedding vows and vault combinations that can’t be broken are considered inviolable. (Of course, divorce lawyers and bank robbers consider this a challenge.) The word can refer to a physical structure (a fortress, for instance) or something more conceptual (human rights or morals, perhaps). Inviolable has changed little from its Latin origin of inviolabilis, which combines the prefix in- (meaning "not") with the verb violare ("to violate"). Inviolable turns up in religious settings too, usually in reference to texts or rites. In that context, it means "sacred." No surprise: the antonym of inviolable is violable ("accessible or penetrable"). All forms of 'inviolable' will appear on average once every 3455 pages. inviolable inviolate violable violate violated violation violative violator |
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