| 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.
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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]
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