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单词 invulnerable
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Definition of invulnerable in English:

invulnerable

adjective ɪnˈvʌln(ə)rəb(ə)lɪnˈvəln(ə)rəb(ə)l
  • Impossible to harm or damage.

    不能伤害的,刀枪不入的;无懈可击的;不可攻破的

    no state in the region is now invulnerable to attack by another
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a country that seemed so invulnerable to harm, everything was lost in a single moment.
    • He is invulnerable in his stronghold, but he is also terrified of prophecies.
    • Masten also pointed out that even the most basic of human adaptational systems are not invulnerable and require nurturance.
    • She sounds invulnerable, not because she's powerful but because she's so darned nice.
    • However, I feel as though there is a way we can design a system that is invulnerable in the first place.
    • He refers to the absence of reliable foresight and explains ‘why companies seem invulnerable one minute and aimless the next.’
    • For more than 10 years, the judiciary have been under fire from the media and some politicians, but appeared invulnerable.
    • If there is an invulnerable army running amok, all the rest of the sacrifices of that day seem silly and pointless.
    • I mean, not everyone wakes up one morning to find themselves invulnerable to physical harm and super strong.
    • With fear of death and fear of pain unplugged, they are in a sense invulnerable and invincible.
    • He has chosen the perfect target for the most invulnerable war machine in history.
    • Because they are so high off the ground, their drivers feel invulnerable and show no fear.
    • He who teaches the divine knowledge is invulnerable.
    • A force that believes it is invulnerable might dismiss or underestimate an opponent's strength, will or commitment.
    • In fact, this is only true if, by election of an MP, he or she is made invulnerable to their party's later decision to dismiss them.
    • The strong, invulnerable Jennifer cried at school for the third time.
    • Diminished sight has rendered me virtually invulnerable to advertising and marketing.
    • If it's the case that one side's military forces are more or less invulnerable to the other's, that defense may weaken.
    • The fleet rendered Britain invulnerable to direct attack, while its wealth allowed it to intervene on the continent even though Britain did not possess a large army.
    • But they are not invulnerable on the field of play, as their European campaigns are about to demonstrate.
    Synonyms
    impervious, insusceptible, immune, insensitive
    indestructible, impenetrable, impregnable, unassailable, unattackable, inviolable, invincible, unshakeable, secure, safe, safe and sound, strong
    proof against

Derivatives

  • invulnerability

  • noun ɪnvʌln(ə)rəˈbɪlɪtiˌɪnˌvəln(ə)rəˈbɪlədi
    • They represent authority and invulnerability.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘When I came to New York 12 years ago, it was a place of safety, invulnerability.
      • The largest domestic attack on U.S. civilians in our history, it shattered forever the sense of security and invulnerability conferred on us by our geographic separation from the rest of the world.
      • Harry Houdini is known as the world's greatest escapologist, but he fostered a reputation for invulnerability that proved to be fatal.
      • He felt God-like, a deity with the power and life and death and unchallengeable invulnerability.
  • invulnerably

  • adverb
    • We live in nature and we feed on environment, thus, invulnerably our activities have great effects on the surroundings.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was not a superman who waded invulnerably into the slaughter, single-handedly slaying the foe by myriads. He was just a man doing a job.

Origin

Late 16th century (earlier than vulnerable): from Latin invulnerabilis, from in- 'not' + vulnerabilis (see vulnerable).

  • vulnerable from early 17th century:

    This comes from late Latin vulnerabilis, from vulnus ‘wound’. The word appeared later than its opposite invulnerable which is late 16th century.

Definition of invulnerable in US English:

invulnerable

adjectiveɪnˈvəln(ə)rəb(ə)linˈvəln(ə)rəb(ə)l
  • Impossible to harm or damage.

    不能伤害的,刀枪不入的;无懈可击的;不可攻破的

    no state in the region is now invulnerable to attack by another
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The fleet rendered Britain invulnerable to direct attack, while its wealth allowed it to intervene on the continent even though Britain did not possess a large army.
    • I mean, not everyone wakes up one morning to find themselves invulnerable to physical harm and super strong.
    • But they are not invulnerable on the field of play, as their European campaigns are about to demonstrate.
    • She sounds invulnerable, not because she's powerful but because she's so darned nice.
    • If it's the case that one side's military forces are more or less invulnerable to the other's, that defense may weaken.
    • He has chosen the perfect target for the most invulnerable war machine in history.
    • The strong, invulnerable Jennifer cried at school for the third time.
    • Diminished sight has rendered me virtually invulnerable to advertising and marketing.
    • If there is an invulnerable army running amok, all the rest of the sacrifices of that day seem silly and pointless.
    • For more than 10 years, the judiciary have been under fire from the media and some politicians, but appeared invulnerable.
    • He refers to the absence of reliable foresight and explains ‘why companies seem invulnerable one minute and aimless the next.’
    • A force that believes it is invulnerable might dismiss or underestimate an opponent's strength, will or commitment.
    • He who teaches the divine knowledge is invulnerable.
    • In fact, this is only true if, by election of an MP, he or she is made invulnerable to their party's later decision to dismiss them.
    • In a country that seemed so invulnerable to harm, everything was lost in a single moment.
    • He is invulnerable in his stronghold, but he is also terrified of prophecies.
    • Because they are so high off the ground, their drivers feel invulnerable and show no fear.
    • Masten also pointed out that even the most basic of human adaptational systems are not invulnerable and require nurturance.
    • However, I feel as though there is a way we can design a system that is invulnerable in the first place.
    • With fear of death and fear of pain unplugged, they are in a sense invulnerable and invincible.
    Synonyms
    impervious, insusceptible, immune, insensitive

Origin

Late 16th century (earlier than vulnerable): from Latin invulnerabilis, from in- ‘not’ + vulnerabilis (see vulnerable).

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