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单词 immutable
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Definition of immutable in English:

immutable

adjective ɪˈmjuːtəb(ə)lɪ(m)ˈmjudəb(ə)l
  • Unchanging over time or unable to be changed.

    an immutable fact
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition, the distribution of terms in Freud's instinctual theory is neither static nor immutable.
    • The Koran is seen as the direct and immutable word of God.
    • In Nature nothing is immutable and change is the rule not the exception.
    • One immutable truth of urban warfare is that it requires a lot of infantry.
    • Marriage has not remained rigid and immutable and become an anachronism but has changed to remain relevant to today's society.
    • While the music world has changed over the years there are aspects that remain immutable.
    • Perhaps one day we will be beyond quotas based on immutable characteristics.
    • To do so is to buy into the antiquated notion that a creature's nature is immutable or unchanging.
    • Justice is not blind, and it is not immutable - it changes and adapts as the society it watches over changes.
    • Due to the faulty regulations over the long term, the villagers begin to think that these conditions are immutable.
    • The media are the media and the immutable fact is that they will only publish sensationalistic material.
    • However, I doubt there can be real intellectual debate between people with such immutable positions.
    • Are we dealing with something which is an inborn, immutable trait like, say, eye color?
    • The Declaration of Helsinki was never intended to be immutable, and in fact it has already been revised several times.
    • It is an immutable American belief that wilderness can mend the broken soul.
    • But if the players' loyalties are negotiable, those of their supporters are immutable.
    • Yet, for the Greeks it meant something that does not change: an immutable, static, and perfect harmony.
    • It was after the Oslo Accords that the first change came to this seemingly immutable road.
    • Their arguments involved press freedom - an immutable concept especially when it comes to protecting sources.
    • A score of 1 refers to gender being conceptualized as an inherent and immutable fact.
    Synonyms
    unchangeable, fixed, set, rigid, inflexible, unyielding, unbending, permanent, entrenched, established, well-established, unshakeable, irremovable, indelible, ineradicable
    unchanging, unchanged, changeless, unvarying, unvaried, undeviating, static, constant, lasting, abiding, enduring, persistent, perpetual

Derivatives

  • immutability

  • noun ɪmjuːtəˈbɪlɪtiɪ(m)ˌmjudəˈbɪlədi
    • The backdrop of stars was perceived as representing God in its permanence and immutability; only the sublunar sphere encircling the earth was subject to change and decay.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They often invoke the concept of divine immutability to oppose any change.
      • Lessing here is laying her own claim to immortality through the immutability of her creations.
      • At the same time, symbolic associations with the moon-goddesses, Diana, Phoebe and Cynthia, signified both England's sea-power and the Queen's immutability and continuing potency, despite her advancing age.
      • One might add other properties he accepted, such as homogeneity, immutability, and continuity, and probably impenetrability.
  • immutably

  • adverb ɪˈmjuːtəbliɪ(m)ˈmjudəbli
    • Even with the benefits bestowed by intellectual and technological progress, much of our social behaviour originates in the past and the human psyche has been immutably shaped by preceding generations.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But in a village - no matter what village - they were all immutably themselves; parson, organist, sweep, Duke's son and doctor's daughter, moving like chessmen upon their allotted squares.
      • That being said, the oral tradition within which troubadour song was devised and transmitted probably encouraged constant reinvention, and it is hard to believe that either melodies or accompaniments were immutably fixed.
      • Nonetheless, ‘that cast of violence’ has immutably changed the poet's perception of nature, and nature itself has been altered beyond recognition.
      • Until that evening I had never thought that the dynamic activity which occurred through bathroom graffiti managed to, if not overcome, at least injure the immutably dead forces to which they attacked: hegemony.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin immutabilis, from in- 'not' + mutabilis (see mutable).

 
 

Definition of immutable in US English:

immutable

adjectiveɪ(m)ˈmjudəb(ə)li(m)ˈmyo͞odəb(ə)l
  • Unchanging over time or unable to be changed.

    an immutable fact
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Due to the faulty regulations over the long term, the villagers begin to think that these conditions are immutable.
    • It was after the Oslo Accords that the first change came to this seemingly immutable road.
    • The Koran is seen as the direct and immutable word of God.
    • Their arguments involved press freedom - an immutable concept especially when it comes to protecting sources.
    • Marriage has not remained rigid and immutable and become an anachronism but has changed to remain relevant to today's society.
    • A score of 1 refers to gender being conceptualized as an inherent and immutable fact.
    • Justice is not blind, and it is not immutable - it changes and adapts as the society it watches over changes.
    • But if the players' loyalties are negotiable, those of their supporters are immutable.
    • It is an immutable American belief that wilderness can mend the broken soul.
    • The media are the media and the immutable fact is that they will only publish sensationalistic material.
    • In addition, the distribution of terms in Freud's instinctual theory is neither static nor immutable.
    • Yet, for the Greeks it meant something that does not change: an immutable, static, and perfect harmony.
    • In Nature nothing is immutable and change is the rule not the exception.
    • However, I doubt there can be real intellectual debate between people with such immutable positions.
    • Perhaps one day we will be beyond quotas based on immutable characteristics.
    • While the music world has changed over the years there are aspects that remain immutable.
    • The Declaration of Helsinki was never intended to be immutable, and in fact it has already been revised several times.
    • Are we dealing with something which is an inborn, immutable trait like, say, eye color?
    • To do so is to buy into the antiquated notion that a creature's nature is immutable or unchanging.
    • One immutable truth of urban warfare is that it requires a lot of infantry.
    Synonyms
    unchangeable, fixed, set, rigid, inflexible, unyielding, unbending, permanent, entrenched, established, well-established, unshakeable, irremovable, indelible, ineradicable

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin immutabilis, from in- ‘not’ + mutabilis (see mutable).

 
 
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