释义 |
inviolablein‧vi‧o‧la‧ble /ɪnˈvaɪələbəl/ adjective formal inviolableOrigin: 1400-1500 French, Latin inviolabilis, from violare ‘to violate’ - Foster's set of negatives is a concise deconstruction of areas once considered inviolable.
- In our society, however, children are held in theory at least to be sexually sacrosanct and inviolable.
- Like my country, I too have spread myself to the invader, while remaining secretly inviolable.
- She seemed possessed of an inviolable grace.
- Until his polar opposite steps lightly down on to his moon-paved home ground, the sleek beast-headed man sits at peace, inviolable.
- What a man experiences in the privacy of his psyche must of necessity remain inviolate and inviolable.
an inviolable right, law, principle etc is extremely important and should be treated with respect and not broken or removed—inviolability /ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]: the inviolability of the country’s borders |