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单词 untouchable
释义
untouchableun‧touch‧a‧ble /ʌnˈtʌtʃəbəl/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • As sheriff of the county, Weber thought he was untouchable.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He believed that Stephen would survive because there was some untouchable quality of good fortune about him.
  • He left the conference for hours to study it with untouchable colleagues.
  • Jamal Crawford, who was virtually untouchable in trade talks, has shown little but long-range potential.
  • Still the women of the ashram refused to work in the kitchen with the untouchable woman.
  • Undeterred, Gandhi declared he would go live in a hut in the untouchable quarter.
word sets
WORD SETS
ashram, nounBrahman, nounDiwali, nounenlightenment, nounfakir, nounguru, nounHindu, nounkarma, nounmaharishi, nounmahatma, nounmandala, nounmantra, nounnirvana, nounsadhu, nounsuttee, nounswami, noununtouchable, adjectiveVeda, nounyoga, nounyogi, noun
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectivetoucheduntouchedtouchingtouchyuntouchablenountouchuntouchableverbtouchadverbtouchingly
1someone who is untouchable is in such a strong position that they cannot be defeated, affected, or punished:  He was the boss’s husband and therefore untouchable.2belonging to the lowest social group, especially in the Hindu caste systemuntouchable noun [countable]
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