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单词 vincible
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Definition of vincible in English:

vincible

adjective ˈvɪnsɪb(ə)lˈvɪnsəbəl
literary
  • (of an opponent or obstacle) able to be overcome or conquered.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The more vincible he seemed, the less he seemed like a sure bet to beat his opponent, and the more support he lost.
    • Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the easily vincible Straw Man.
    • His summation of the problem with computer security is, as he himself admits, quite cynical: ‘… the mathematics are impeccable, the computers are vincible, the networks are lousy, and the people are abysmal.’
    • It liberates him from the terms of battle that constrain the vincible.
    • Are the computer systems of our financial institutions vincible to cyber attacks?

Derivatives

  • vincibility

  • noun vɪnsɪˈbɪlɪti
    literary
    • I would first take Sun Tzu's advice to make myself invincible, awaiting the enemy's vincibility.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Again, it is developments like these that contribute to the vincibility of all nations.
      • He has taken one of the most bloody and most complex battles in the history of the British Empire to demonstrate the utter vincibility of a super-power by meagre, but determined, forces.
      • The battle proved the fallibility of Hitler and the vincibility of the Wehrmacht, which up to then had enjoyed little but victory.
      • ‘I had more confidence than others,’ the narrator explained, ‘in the vincibility of this disease, and in the success of those measures which we had used for our defence against it.’
      • Whether they do so or not, let's hope he takes a good look in the mirror over the coming months, learns from Botham's errors, acknowledges that Garry Sobers was the exception rather than the norm, accepts his vincibility and sets greater store by the runs column than the wickets.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin vincibilis, from vincere 'to overcome'.

Rhymes

convincible
 
 

Definition of vincible in US English:

vincible

adjectiveˈvinsəbəlˈvɪnsəbəl
literary
  • (of an opponent or obstacle) able to be overcome or conquered.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It liberates him from the terms of battle that constrain the vincible.
    • The more vincible he seemed, the less he seemed like a sure bet to beat his opponent, and the more support he lost.
    • Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the easily vincible Straw Man.
    • Are the computer systems of our financial institutions vincible to cyber attacks?
    • His summation of the problem with computer security is, as he himself admits, quite cynical: ‘… the mathematics are impeccable, the computers are vincible, the networks are lousy, and the people are abysmal.’

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin vincibilis, from vincere ‘to overcome’.

 
 
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