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If something is indestructible, it is too strong to be destroyed — or that is the claim. Superheroes are called indestructible in stories; suitcase ads say “indestructible”; a parent laughs that a cheap plastic toy is indestructible because it has survived every drop.
If something is indestructible如果說某個東西是indestructible的, it它 is too strong to be destroyed意思是強到沒辦法被破壞 —— or that is the claim至少宣稱是這樣. Superheroes超級英雄 are called indestructible in stories在故事裡會被說是indestructible; suitcase ads行李箱廣告 say “indestructible”會說「indestructible」; a parent一個家長 laughs that a cheap plastic toy is indestructible笑說一個便宜的塑膠玩具很indestructible because it has survived every drop因為它每次摔都沒壞.
Though actually, in real life people use it loosely. They rarely mean “nothing in the universe could break this.” They mean “this thing will not break in normal use,” or even “this feeling will not die.” You can say an indestructible spirit or an indestructible habit.
Though actually不過事實上, in real life在現實生活裡 people人們 use it loosely用得比較鬆散. They他們 rarely mean “nothing in the universe could break this.”很少是說「宇宙裡沒有東西能打破這個」的意思. They他們 mean “this thing will not break in normal use,”意思通常是「這東西正常使用不會壞」 or even “this feeling will not die.”甚至是「這種感覺不會消失」. You你 can say an indestructible spirit可以說an indestructible spirit不屈不撓的精神 or an indestructible habit或an indestructible habit根深蒂固的習慣.
It is an adjective, a bit dramatic, fine in speech and in ads. For people, English more often says you cannot kill them (in fiction) rather than calling a person indestructible — though comics do exactly that.
It它 is an adjective是一個形容詞, a bit dramatic有點誇張, fine in speech and in ads在口語和廣告裡用起來沒問題. For people對人來說, English英文 more often says you cannot kill them比較常說you cannot kill them殺不死他 in fiction在虛構作品裡 rather than calling a person indestructible而不是直接說一個人是indestructible的 —— though comics do exactly that不過漫畫確實會這樣說.
組成From in- (not) + destructible (able to be destroyed).
同家族的字
- destroythe everyday verb: to wreck something so it is gone
- destructionthe noun: the act or result of destroying
- destructiblethe opposite piece: can be destroyed
- indestructibilitythe noun: the quality of being this way
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
indestructibleadj/ɪndɪˈstɹʌktɪbəl/
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Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.
- But this was precisely what Rosa Luxemburg believed; and she held that the revolutionary potential of the working masses was indestructible, though it might be temporarily stifled by arrogant leaders.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。