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Invulnerability is the state of not being able to be hurt. If someone or something has invulnerability, attack, damage, or even sharp criticism does not get through. Superheroes in stories are often given invulnerability: swords and bullets do not mark them. In real talk we use it more as an idea than a fact — a company may seem to enjoy invulnerability to scandal, or a public figure may wear an air of invulnerability. Though actually, we often use the word to doubt the claim: “the myth of their invulnerability” means they looked untouchable, until they were not. It is a formal, abstract noun; in daily speech people more often say “you can’t hurt them.”
刀槍不入;無懈可擊(指不會被傷害或被罵倒的狀態,不是遊戲裡的「無敵」)
組成From French invulnérabilité. Same pieces as invulnerable, with -ity turning the idea into a noun.
同家族的字
- invulnerablethe adjective; this is the noun for that quality
- vulnerablethe opposite idea: able to be hurt; in- here means “not”
- vulnerabilitythe noun for being able to be hurt
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。
invulnerabilitynoun
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The state of being invulnerable.
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。