Definition of infallible in English:

infallible

adjective ɪnˈfalɪb(ə)lɪnˈfæləb(ə)l

1Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
不会出错的，无误的
doctors are not infallible
医生不是不会犯错误的。
Example sentencesExamples
- Indeed it is assumed that governments are infallible and can do no wrong.
- I seem to have an infallible knack for having something in my blurbs go wrong.
- Politicians must present themselves as infallible, incorruptible, incapable of dishonesty.
- The really impressive thing about the post-Christian world is its almost infallible knack for deriving exactly the wrong lesson from its experience.
- It wasn't an altruistic thing at all, but she did believe deep in her heart that an infallible God, a God that would never steer her wrong, was telling her, requiring her to do that.
- During the rest of the series, Trescothick has been infallible, and his reliability at first slip has improved England's out-cricket hugely.
- Where humans live pleasurable easy lives, being looked over by sentient immortal Minds who are far from infallible but pursue a life of wisdom and a search for abstraction while tending the human flock in their care.
- I am not infallible in the judgments that I make but that's what I believe.
- Of course, I am not suggesting that independent or non-aligned candidates are infallible, but at least we would have some chance of decisions being made on their merits rather than simply on party political lines.
- Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction.
- I have never been mistaken before, but even I am not infallible.
- And, of course, if you start thinking that the Pope is wrong about that then the Pope can't be infallible.
- Our leaders are infallible and there is nothing, absolutely nothing, wrong.
- The censorship method… is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient.
- Nevertheless, can it be possible that the legendary spin doctors, the hi-tech whiz-kids, the men with a reputation for being infallible, have miscalculated?
- Books, television, even dear old infallible Mom have steered you wrong.
- While the Canadian government, for all its faceless fumbling bureaucracy, isn't infallible, we've also never had an iron-fisted strongman declare every Monday a holiday to honour his dog.
- Refusing refugees the right of appeal would save the taxpayer piles of money and as our Government and justice system are completely infallible, these appeals are an outrageous and unnecessary drain on the public purse.
- Ms Lieven said: ‘Nobody is infallible, including parliamentary draftsmen.’
- Although they sturdily protected public morals by preventing the sound of a toilet's flushing being heard on stage and routinely objected to bed scenes and bare flesh, they were neither infallible nor inflexible.
Synonyms
unerring, error-free, unfailing, faultless, flawless, impeccable, perfect, true, uncanny, precise, accurate, meticulous, scrupulous
British informal spot on
North American informal on the money
1. 1.1 Never failing; always effective.
  从不失败的；一贯有效的
  infallible cures
  一贯有效的治疗。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some even advertised their wares as infallible and guaranteed.
  I don't wish to trivialise a potentially fatal disease but received wisdom isn't always infallible, not even received medical wisdom.
  That there is no infallible way to distinguish the genuine cases from the fraudulent ones causes the liberal sentimentalist no particular anxiety: he wants to feel generous, not to be generous.
  How can we say our system is infallible when this hangs over our heads?
  I'd love to say yes, there is a way and here it is, the perfect and infallible method of knowing, in advance, if you will have a wonderful lifelong marriage.
  Modern testing techniques are said to be virtually infallible, with a one in a billion chance of an individual's DNA being mistaken as another person's.
  You need to bear in mind that your judgment is not always infallible.
  Experience is a great tool to possess when visually evaluating a swimmer's condition but it is not infallible and we all make mistakes.
  The process of deciding which vertex to fix next is not infallible, and when a wrong choice is made, there may be no later opportunity to recover from it.
  While not infallible, the system is widely accepted in academia, and used for the assigning of credit, and hence employment, allocation of funds, and the like, within universities.
  That we have no infallible technique does not mean that we are bound always to fail.
  Scientists and lab analysts are inclined to see what they expect to see, to support what they have been told they would see, and to conclude that their results are scientifically valid and therefore infallible.
  Farwell is convinced that his technique is nearly infallible.
  In the past it has proved infallible but that, as I am sure you are aware, is no guarantee of future success.
  Price is not always an infallible guide to quality, though you would be very unlucky to find a poor-quality vintage champagne costing more than £40 a bottle.
  While no security is infallible the cruise lines believe the umbrella of protective measures, those they acknowledge and those they don't, could avoid a repeat of the past.
  They've been told in a million ways that incomprehensible and virtually infallible technology is always invisibly at work on their behalf.
  Its record is by no means infallible, but Debka strikes me as more reliable than most, and more interesting than almost any.
  So why not make use of modern technology, he whispered, reassuring himself that his reasoning was sound and infallible.
  Vedic knowledge is infallible, above all doubts and mistakes.
  Synonyms
  unfailing, never failing, always effective, guaranteed, dependable, trustworthy, reliable, sure, certain, safe, sound, tried and tested, foolproof, effective, efficacious
  informal sure-fire
2. 1.2 (in the Roman Catholic Church) credited with papal infallibility.
  （罗马天主教用语）教皇阐述教义无谬误的
  for an encyclical to be infallible the Pope must speak ex cathedra
  要使教皇通谕具有永无谬误性，教皇必须以全部职权发表意见。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Unlike church dogma, encyclicals are not infallible pronouncements, but Catholics are expected to follow them, while the declaration of the papal view limits the freedom of theological discussion.
  The church has proclaimed as infallible two dogmas in relation to Mary - the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption.
  Papal pronouncements, for instance, are judged to be infallible only as part of the extraordinary magisterium.
  The council's careful balancing of papal and episcopal authority did not seem intended to expand the church's infallible teaching to areas like contraception.
  Cole is claiming that the Response is binding because it simply restates infallible teachings of the Church.

Derivatives

infallibly

adverb ɪnˈfalɪbli

To repeat this indefinitely, infallibly, would be to divorce the method from the context which gives it meaning.
Example sentencesExamples
- Healing always takes place, infallibly, one hundred percent of the time.
- The students, always and infallibly observant of teachers' shortcomings, managed to ask her a few worried questions.
- Pope Pius XII infallibly proclaimed the doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 1 November 1950.
- But does he always have to be so infallibly right?

Origin

Late 15th century: from French infaillible or late Latin infallibilis, from in- 'not' + Latin fallere 'deceive'.

Definition of infallible in US English:

infallible

adjectiveinˈfaləb(ə)lɪnˈfæləb(ə)l

1Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
不会出错的，无误的
doctors are not infallible
医生不是不会犯错误的。
Example sentencesExamples
- Politicians must present themselves as infallible, incorruptible, incapable of dishonesty.
- I am not infallible in the judgments that I make but that's what I believe.
- Of course, I am not suggesting that independent or non-aligned candidates are infallible, but at least we would have some chance of decisions being made on their merits rather than simply on party political lines.
- Our leaders are infallible and there is nothing, absolutely nothing, wrong.
- I seem to have an infallible knack for having something in my blurbs go wrong.
- While the Canadian government, for all its faceless fumbling bureaucracy, isn't infallible, we've also never had an iron-fisted strongman declare every Monday a holiday to honour his dog.
- During the rest of the series, Trescothick has been infallible, and his reliability at first slip has improved England's out-cricket hugely.
- Books, television, even dear old infallible Mom have steered you wrong.
- Although they sturdily protected public morals by preventing the sound of a toilet's flushing being heard on stage and routinely objected to bed scenes and bare flesh, they were neither infallible nor inflexible.
- It wasn't an altruistic thing at all, but she did believe deep in her heart that an infallible God, a God that would never steer her wrong, was telling her, requiring her to do that.
- Nevertheless, can it be possible that the legendary spin doctors, the hi-tech whiz-kids, the men with a reputation for being infallible, have miscalculated?
- I have never been mistaken before, but even I am not infallible.
- Where humans live pleasurable easy lives, being looked over by sentient immortal Minds who are far from infallible but pursue a life of wisdom and a search for abstraction while tending the human flock in their care.
- The censorship method… is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient.
- Ms Lieven said: ‘Nobody is infallible, including parliamentary draftsmen.’
- The really impressive thing about the post-Christian world is its almost infallible knack for deriving exactly the wrong lesson from its experience.
- Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction.
- Indeed it is assumed that governments are infallible and can do no wrong.
- Refusing refugees the right of appeal would save the taxpayer piles of money and as our Government and justice system are completely infallible, these appeals are an outrageous and unnecessary drain on the public purse.
- And, of course, if you start thinking that the Pope is wrong about that then the Pope can't be infallible.
Synonyms
unerring, error-free, unfailing, faultless, flawless, impeccable, perfect, true, uncanny, precise, accurate, meticulous, scrupulous
1. 1.1 Never failing; always effective.
  从不失败的；一贯有效的
  infallible cures
  一贯有效的治疗。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Price is not always an infallible guide to quality, though you would be very unlucky to find a poor-quality vintage champagne costing more than £40 a bottle.
  They've been told in a million ways that incomprehensible and virtually infallible technology is always invisibly at work on their behalf.
  I'd love to say yes, there is a way and here it is, the perfect and infallible method of knowing, in advance, if you will have a wonderful lifelong marriage.
  Farwell is convinced that his technique is nearly infallible.
  Some even advertised their wares as infallible and guaranteed.
  The process of deciding which vertex to fix next is not infallible, and when a wrong choice is made, there may be no later opportunity to recover from it.
  Vedic knowledge is infallible, above all doubts and mistakes.
  You need to bear in mind that your judgment is not always infallible.
  Modern testing techniques are said to be virtually infallible, with a one in a billion chance of an individual's DNA being mistaken as another person's.
  In the past it has proved infallible but that, as I am sure you are aware, is no guarantee of future success.
  That there is no infallible way to distinguish the genuine cases from the fraudulent ones causes the liberal sentimentalist no particular anxiety: he wants to feel generous, not to be generous.
  Its record is by no means infallible, but Debka strikes me as more reliable than most, and more interesting than almost any.
  While not infallible, the system is widely accepted in academia, and used for the assigning of credit, and hence employment, allocation of funds, and the like, within universities.
  While no security is infallible the cruise lines believe the umbrella of protective measures, those they acknowledge and those they don't, could avoid a repeat of the past.
  So why not make use of modern technology, he whispered, reassuring himself that his reasoning was sound and infallible.
  That we have no infallible technique does not mean that we are bound always to fail.
  How can we say our system is infallible when this hangs over our heads?
  Scientists and lab analysts are inclined to see what they expect to see, to support what they have been told they would see, and to conclude that their results are scientifically valid and therefore infallible.
  I don't wish to trivialise a potentially fatal disease but received wisdom isn't always infallible, not even received medical wisdom.
  Experience is a great tool to possess when visually evaluating a swimmer's condition but it is not infallible and we all make mistakes.
  Synonyms
  unfailing, never failing, always effective, guaranteed, dependable, trustworthy, reliable, sure, certain, safe, sound, tried and tested, foolproof, effective, efficacious
2. 1.2 (in the Roman Catholic Church) credited with papal infallibility.
  （罗马天主教用语）教皇阐述教义无谬误的
  for an encyclical to be infallible the Pope must speak ex cathedra
  要使教皇通谕具有永无谬误性，教皇必须以全部职权发表意见。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Unlike church dogma, encyclicals are not infallible pronouncements, but Catholics are expected to follow them, while the declaration of the papal view limits the freedom of theological discussion.
  The church has proclaimed as infallible two dogmas in relation to Mary - the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption.
  Papal pronouncements, for instance, are judged to be infallible only as part of the extraordinary magisterium.
  Cole is claiming that the Response is binding because it simply restates infallible teachings of the Church.
  The council's careful balancing of papal and episcopal authority did not seem intended to expand the church's infallible teaching to areas like contraception.

Origin

Late 15th century: from French infaillible or late Latin infallibilis, from in- ‘not’ + Latin fallere ‘deceive’.

单词	infallible
释义	Definition of infallible in English: infallible adjective ɪnˈfalɪb(ə)lɪnˈfæləb(ə)l 1Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong. 不会出错的，无误的 doctors are not infallible 医生不是不会犯错误的。 Example sentencesExamples Indeed it is assumed that governments are infallible and can do no wrong. I seem to have an infallible knack for having something in my blurbs go wrong. Politicians must present themselves as infallible, incorruptible, incapable of dishonesty. The really impressive thing about the post-Christian world is its almost infallible knack for deriving exactly the wrong lesson from its experience. It wasn't an altruistic thing at all, but she did believe deep in her heart that an infallible God, a God that would never steer her wrong, was telling her, requiring her to do that. During the rest of the series, Trescothick has been infallible, and his reliability at first slip has improved England's out-cricket hugely. Where humans live pleasurable easy lives, being looked over by sentient immortal Minds who are far from infallible but pursue a life of wisdom and a search for abstraction while tending the human flock in their care. I am not infallible in the judgments that I make but that's what I believe. Of course, I am not suggesting that independent or non-aligned candidates are infallible, but at least we would have some chance of decisions being made on their merits rather than simply on party political lines. Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction. I have never been mistaken before, but even I am not infallible. And, of course, if you start thinking that the Pope is wrong about that then the Pope can't be infallible. Our leaders are infallible and there is nothing, absolutely nothing, wrong. The censorship method… is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient. Nevertheless, can it be possible that the legendary spin doctors, the hi-tech whiz-kids, the men with a reputation for being infallible, have miscalculated? Books, television, even dear old infallible Mom have steered you wrong. While the Canadian government, for all its faceless fumbling bureaucracy, isn't infallible, we've also never had an iron-fisted strongman declare every Monday a holiday to honour his dog. Refusing refugees the right of appeal would save the taxpayer piles of money and as our Government and justice system are completely infallible, these appeals are an outrageous and unnecessary drain on the public purse. Ms Lieven said: ‘Nobody is infallible, including parliamentary draftsmen.’ Although they sturdily protected public morals by preventing the sound of a toilet's flushing being heard on stage and routinely objected to bed scenes and bare flesh, they were neither infallible nor inflexible. Synonyms unerring, error-free, unfailing, faultless, flawless, impeccable, perfect, true, uncanny, precise, accurate, meticulous, scrupulous British informal spot on North American informal on the money 1.1 Never failing; always effective. 从不失败的；一贯有效的 infallible cures 一贯有效的治疗。 Example sentencesExamples Some even advertised their wares as infallible and guaranteed. I don't wish to trivialise a potentially fatal disease but received wisdom isn't always infallible, not even received medical wisdom. That there is no infallible way to distinguish the genuine cases from the fraudulent ones causes the liberal sentimentalist no particular anxiety: he wants to feel generous, not to be generous. How can we say our system is infallible when this hangs over our heads? I'd love to say yes, there is a way and here it is, the perfect and infallible method of knowing, in advance, if you will have a wonderful lifelong marriage. Modern testing techniques are said to be virtually infallible, with a one in a billion chance of an individual's DNA being mistaken as another person's. You need to bear in mind that your judgment is not always infallible. Experience is a great tool to possess when visually evaluating a swimmer's condition but it is not infallible and we all make mistakes. The process of deciding which vertex to fix next is not infallible, and when a wrong choice is made, there may be no later opportunity to recover from it. While not infallible, the system is widely accepted in academia, and used for the assigning of credit, and hence employment, allocation of funds, and the like, within universities. That we have no infallible technique does not mean that we are bound always to fail. Scientists and lab analysts are inclined to see what they expect to see, to support what they have been told they would see, and to conclude that their results are scientifically valid and therefore infallible. Farwell is convinced that his technique is nearly infallible. In the past it has proved infallible but that, as I am sure you are aware, is no guarantee of future success. Price is not always an infallible guide to quality, though you would be very unlucky to find a poor-quality vintage champagne costing more than £40 a bottle. While no security is infallible the cruise lines believe the umbrella of protective measures, those they acknowledge and those they don't, could avoid a repeat of the past. They've been told in a million ways that incomprehensible and virtually infallible technology is always invisibly at work on their behalf. Its record is by no means infallible, but Debka strikes me as more reliable than most, and more interesting than almost any. So why not make use of modern technology, he whispered, reassuring himself that his reasoning was sound and infallible. Vedic knowledge is infallible, above all doubts and mistakes. Synonyms unfailing, never failing, always effective, guaranteed, dependable, trustworthy, reliable, sure, certain, safe, sound, tried and tested, foolproof, effective, efficacious informal sure-fire 1.2 (in the Roman Catholic Church) credited with papal infallibility. （罗马天主教用语）教皇阐述教义无谬误的 for an encyclical to be infallible the Pope must speak ex cathedra 要使教皇通谕具有永无谬误性，教皇必须以全部职权发表意见。 Example sentencesExamples Unlike church dogma, encyclicals are not infallible pronouncements, but Catholics are expected to follow them, while the declaration of the papal view limits the freedom of theological discussion. The church has proclaimed as infallible two dogmas in relation to Mary - the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption. Papal pronouncements, for instance, are judged to be infallible only as part of the extraordinary magisterium. The council's careful balancing of papal and episcopal authority did not seem intended to expand the church's infallible teaching to areas like contraception. Cole is claiming that the Response is binding because it simply restates infallible teachings of the Church. Derivatives infallibly adverb ɪnˈfalɪbli To repeat this indefinitely, infallibly, would be to divorce the method from the context which gives it meaning. Example sentencesExamples Healing always takes place, infallibly, one hundred percent of the time. The students, always and infallibly observant of teachers' shortcomings, managed to ask her a few worried questions. Pope Pius XII infallibly proclaimed the doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 1 November 1950. But does he always have to be so infallibly right? Origin Late 15th century: from French infaillible or late Latin infallibilis, from in- 'not' + Latin fallere 'deceive'. Definition of infallible in US English: infallible adjectiveinˈfaləb(ə)lɪnˈfæləb(ə)l 1Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong. 不会出错的，无误的 doctors are not infallible 医生不是不会犯错误的。 Example sentencesExamples Politicians must present themselves as infallible, incorruptible, incapable of dishonesty. I am not infallible in the judgments that I make but that's what I believe. Of course, I am not suggesting that independent or non-aligned candidates are infallible, but at least we would have some chance of decisions being made on their merits rather than simply on party political lines. Our leaders are infallible and there is nothing, absolutely nothing, wrong. I seem to have an infallible knack for having something in my blurbs go wrong. While the Canadian government, for all its faceless fumbling bureaucracy, isn't infallible, we've also never had an iron-fisted strongman declare every Monday a holiday to honour his dog. During the rest of the series, Trescothick has been infallible, and his reliability at first slip has improved England's out-cricket hugely. Books, television, even dear old infallible Mom have steered you wrong. Although they sturdily protected public morals by preventing the sound of a toilet's flushing being heard on stage and routinely objected to bed scenes and bare flesh, they were neither infallible nor inflexible. It wasn't an altruistic thing at all, but she did believe deep in her heart that an infallible God, a God that would never steer her wrong, was telling her, requiring her to do that. Nevertheless, can it be possible that the legendary spin doctors, the hi-tech whiz-kids, the men with a reputation for being infallible, have miscalculated? I have never been mistaken before, but even I am not infallible. Where humans live pleasurable easy lives, being looked over by sentient immortal Minds who are far from infallible but pursue a life of wisdom and a search for abstraction while tending the human flock in their care. The censorship method… is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient. Ms Lieven said: ‘Nobody is infallible, including parliamentary draftsmen.’ The really impressive thing about the post-Christian world is its almost infallible knack for deriving exactly the wrong lesson from its experience. Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction. Indeed it is assumed that governments are infallible and can do no wrong. Refusing refugees the right of appeal would save the taxpayer piles of money and as our Government and justice system are completely infallible, these appeals are an outrageous and unnecessary drain on the public purse. And, of course, if you start thinking that the Pope is wrong about that then the Pope can't be infallible. Synonyms unerring, error-free, unfailing, faultless, flawless, impeccable, perfect, true, uncanny, precise, accurate, meticulous, scrupulous 1.1 Never failing; always effective. 从不失败的；一贯有效的 infallible cures 一贯有效的治疗。 Example sentencesExamples Price is not always an infallible guide to quality, though you would be very unlucky to find a poor-quality vintage champagne costing more than £40 a bottle. They've been told in a million ways that incomprehensible and virtually infallible technology is always invisibly at work on their behalf. I'd love to say yes, there is a way and here it is, the perfect and infallible method of knowing, in advance, if you will have a wonderful lifelong marriage. Farwell is convinced that his technique is nearly infallible. Some even advertised their wares as infallible and guaranteed. The process of deciding which vertex to fix next is not infallible, and when a wrong choice is made, there may be no later opportunity to recover from it. Vedic knowledge is infallible, above all doubts and mistakes. You need to bear in mind that your judgment is not always infallible. Modern testing techniques are said to be virtually infallible, with a one in a billion chance of an individual's DNA being mistaken as another person's. In the past it has proved infallible but that, as I am sure you are aware, is no guarantee of future success. That there is no infallible way to distinguish the genuine cases from the fraudulent ones causes the liberal sentimentalist no particular anxiety: he wants to feel generous, not to be generous. Its record is by no means infallible, but Debka strikes me as more reliable than most, and more interesting than almost any. While not infallible, the system is widely accepted in academia, and used for the assigning of credit, and hence employment, allocation of funds, and the like, within universities. While no security is infallible the cruise lines believe the umbrella of protective measures, those they acknowledge and those they don't, could avoid a repeat of the past. So why not make use of modern technology, he whispered, reassuring himself that his reasoning was sound and infallible. That we have no infallible technique does not mean that we are bound always to fail. How can we say our system is infallible when this hangs over our heads? Scientists and lab analysts are inclined to see what they expect to see, to support what they have been told they would see, and to conclude that their results are scientifically valid and therefore infallible. I don't wish to trivialise a potentially fatal disease but received wisdom isn't always infallible, not even received medical wisdom. Experience is a great tool to possess when visually evaluating a swimmer's condition but it is not infallible and we all make mistakes. Synonyms unfailing, never failing, always effective, guaranteed, dependable, trustworthy, reliable, sure, certain, safe, sound, tried and tested, foolproof, effective, efficacious 1.2 (in the Roman Catholic Church) credited with papal infallibility. （罗马天主教用语）教皇阐述教义无谬误的 for an encyclical to be infallible the Pope must speak ex cathedra 要使教皇通谕具有永无谬误性，教皇必须以全部职权发表意见。 Example sentencesExamples Unlike church dogma, encyclicals are not infallible pronouncements, but Catholics are expected to follow them, while the declaration of the papal view limits the freedom of theological discussion. The church has proclaimed as infallible two dogmas in relation to Mary - the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption. Papal pronouncements, for instance, are judged to be infallible only as part of the extraordinary magisterium. Cole is claiming that the Response is binding because it simply restates infallible teachings of the Church. The council's careful balancing of papal and episcopal authority did not seem intended to expand the church's infallible teaching to areas like contraception. Origin Late 15th century: from French infaillible or late Latin infallibilis, from in- ‘not’ + Latin fallere ‘deceive’.
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