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impervious adj.不能渗透的；不为所动的 (1) 这种材料防雨。(2) 橡胶鞋是防水的。(3) 他对批评我行我素。 Most of the sentences you'll run across using impervious will be followed by the word "to" and a noun. Things are often described as being impervious to physical assaults like heat, water, bullets, weather, and attack, but just as frequently to less tangible things, like reason, criticism, pain, and pressure. The word comes from Latin: in- + pervius, meaning "not letting things through." A common synonym is impermeable.

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英 [ɪm'pɜːviəs] 美 [ɪm'pɜːrviəs] (1) This material is impervious to rainwater.(2) Rubber boots are impervious to water.(3) He is impervious to criticism. An impervious surface is one that can't be penetrated. The word is often followed by "to," as in "His steely personality made him impervious to jokes about his awful haircut." 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无动于衷的；不受影响的 If you are impervious to someone's actions, you are not affected or influenced by them.   [usu v-link ADJ]She seems almost impervious to the criticism from all sides...对于来自各方的指责，她似乎无动于衷。The political system there has been impervious to all suggestions of change.那里的政治体制对于所有的改革建议一概置之不理。2[ADJ 形容词]防渗漏的；不能渗透的；不能穿过的 Something that is impervious to water, heat, or a particular object is able to resist it or stop it passing through it.   [oft ADJ to n]The floorcovering you select will need to be impervious to water.挑选的地板材料必须是防水的。...a layer of impervious rock.一层防渗漏的岩石

英语单词	impervious
英美音标	英 [ɪm'pɜːviəs] 美 [ɪm'pɜːrviəs]
中文释义	adj.不能渗透的；不为所动的
英语例句	(1) This material is impervious to rainwater. (2) Rubber boots are impervious to water. (3) He is impervious to criticism.
中文例句	(1) 这种材料防雨。 (2) 橡胶鞋是防水的。 (3) 他对批评我行我素。
vocabulary简明	An impervious surface is one that can't be penetrated. The word is often followed by "to," as in "His steely personality made him impervious to jokes about his awful haircut."
vocabulary扩展	Most of the sentences you'll run across using impervious will be followed by the word "to" and a noun. Things are often described as being impervious to physical assaults like heat, water, bullets, weather, and attack, but just as frequently to less tangible things, like reason, criticism, pain, and pressure. The word comes from Latin: in- + pervius, meaning "not letting things through." A common synonym is impermeable.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无动于衷的；不受影响的 If you are impervious to someone's actions, you are not affected or influenced by them. [usu v-link ADJ] She seems almost impervious to the criticism from all sides... 对于来自各方的指责，她似乎无动于衷。 The political system there has been impervious to all suggestions of change. 那里的政治体制对于所有的改革建议一概置之不理。 2 [ADJ 形容词]防渗漏的；不能渗透的；不能穿过的 Something that is impervious to water, heat, or a particular object is able to resist it or stop it passing through it. [oft ADJ to n] The floorcovering you select will need to be impervious to water. 挑选的地板材料必须是防水的。 ...a layer of impervious rock. 一层防渗漏的岩石

Impervious Word Water Things Heat 英 ɪm'pɜːviəs] 美 ɪm'pɜːrviəs