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Invincible Army Long Victorious Invincibility 英 ɪn'vɪnsəbl] 美 ɪn'vɪnsəbl

英语单词 invincible
英美音标 英 [ɪn'vɪnsəbl] 美 [ɪn'vɪnsəbl]
中文释义 adj.不可征服的;不能战胜的
英语例句 (1) We have an invincible army.
(2) The oppressed nations are invincible as long as they hold together.
中文例句 (1) 我们有一支不可战胜的军队。
(2) 被压迫民族只要团结一致,他们就是不可战胜的。
vocabulary简明 Something invincible is victorious over everything. Disease, death, destruction? No match for something truly invincible. Mere humans who imagine they're invincible, however, will inevitably prove that they're not.
vocabulary扩展 Invincible comes ultimately from the Latin verb vincere, "to conquer." Many of the uses for invincible are for describing someone or something victorious or unbeatable at what they do. A company can be invincible when it outsells similar businesses for years, a tennis player is invincible after winning all of the majors in a year or a career, and Superman and the Indomitable Snowman are invincible as long as they stay away from kryptonite and the warm sun.
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]不可战胜的;所向披靡的 If you describe an army or sports team as invincible, you believe that they cannot be defeated.
  • When Sotomayor is on form he is virtually invincible.

    索托马约尔状态好时几乎无人可敌。

invincibility
  • ...symbols of the invincibility of the Roman army.

    罗马军队不可战胜的象征

2
[ADJ 形容词](信念、态度)不可动摇的,不可改变的 If someone has an invincible belief or attitude, it cannot be changed.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • He also had an invincible faith in the medicinal virtues of garlic.

    他同时也对大蒜的医学功效深信不疑。

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