| 单词 | invulnerable |
| 释义 | invulnerable (once / 5054 pages) adj Something that's invulnerable is impossible to damage or injure, like the strongest, most rock solid concrete fort reinforced with steel bars. Or Mother Theresa's reputation. From the Latin invulnerabilis, meaning “not wounding,” came the English invulnerable, an adjective meaning invincible or immune to attack. Some people look to vaccines to make them invulnerable. Others use body armor. Philosopher Henry David Thoreau, on the other hand, relied upon music: “When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable." WORD FAMILYinvulnerable: invulnerability, invulnerably+/vulnerability: vulnerabilities/vulnerable: invulnerable, vulnerability, vulnerably USAGE EXAMPLESOr will “Rowdy Ronda” be her old, invulnerable self, harkening back to the days of quick, easy finishes? Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Researchers at UT found crazy ants do this by smearing themselves in a secretion that neutralizes fire-ant venom, essentially rendering them invulnerable to it. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) I cannot describe how frantic I was, how desperate my desire to save my marriage, which had been so precious and, I had thought, invulnerable. The Guardian(Oct 12, 2016) adj immune to attack; impregnable gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs Syn|Ant unconquerable not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome protectedkept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss safefree from danger or the risk of harm securefree from danger or risk air-tight, airtighthaving no weak points bombproof, shellproofable to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells defendable, defensiblecapable of being defended entrencheddug in impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackableimmune to attack; incapable of being tampered with tightset so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration shelteredprotected from danger or bad weather untouchablebeyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment vulnerable susceptible to attack conquerablesubject to being conquered or overcome unprotectedlacking protection or defense dangerous, unsafeinvolving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm insecure, unsafelacking in security or safety susceptible(often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of assailable, open, undefendable, undefendednot defended or capable of being defended compromisingvulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion defenceless, defenselesslacking protection or support endangered(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction indefensiblenot able to be protected against attack insecure, unsafenot safe from attack penetrablecapable of being penetrated threatened(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered under attack, under firesubjected to enemy attack or censure unguardedlacking protection or a guard |
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