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单词 vanquishable
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vanquishableadj.

Brit. /ˈvaŋkwᵻʃəbl/, U.S. /ˈvæŋkwəʃəb(ə)l/
Etymology: < vanquish v. + -able suffix.
Capable of being vanquished or overcome.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [adjective] > able to be
vincible1548
vanquishable1555
expugnable1570
1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. U.j Ye shal be of all menne moste strong and valiaunte in fight, and vanquisheable to none enemie.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D4 Banisht, forlorne, despairing,..vanquishable.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. iv. 87 That great Gyant..was only vanquishable by the Knights of the Well.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I Vanquishable, vincibilis, superabilis.
1831 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 25 July I should not have wished for a more vanquishable opponent.
a1871 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 221 In which she again proved not to be vanquishable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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