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Someone or something invulnerable cannot be harmed or damaged, even if you attack them or speak against them. In stories, a castle or a hero may be invulnerable.
Someone or something invulnerable一個invulnerable的人或東西 cannot be harmed or damaged是無法被傷害或破壞的 even if you attack them or speak against them即使你攻擊他們,或說他們的壞話也一樣 In stories在故事裡 a castle or a hero may be invulnerable一座城堡或一位英雄可能是invulnerable的
In ordinary English we mostly use it for feelings and reputation: invulnerable to criticism, invulnerable to doubt.
In ordinary English在一般英文裡 we mostly use it for feelings and reputation我們最常拿它形容感受和名聲 invulnerable to criticism, invulnerable to doubtinvulnerable to criticism、invulnerable to doubt
It does not mean the person will live for ever — that is immortal. It means this kind of harm does not land.
It does not mean the person will live for ever它不是指這個人會永遠活著 that is immortal那是immortal的意思 It means this kind of harm does not land它的意思是這種傷害碰不到他
Though actually, we often say it about a feeling of safety that may not be true: “He felt invulnerable” usually prepares you for a fall. It is a fairly formal adjective; everyday talk is more often “nothing can hurt them.”
Though actually不過其實 we often say it about a feeling of safety that may not be true我們常常用它形容一種未必真實的安全感 “He felt invulnerable”「他覺得自己invulnerable」這句話 usually prepares you for a fall通常是在暗示接下來會出事 It is a fairly formal adjective這是個蠻正式的形容詞 everyday talk is more often “nothing can hurt them.”日常說話更常直接說「沒有什麼能傷得了他們」
組成From Middle French invulnérable, from Latin invulnerābilis, from vulnerō (“to wound”), from vulnus (“wound”). In English you can see in- (“not”) + vulnerable.
同家族的字
- vulnerablein- (“not”) + vulnerable: not able to be wounded
- vulnerabilitythe noun for being able to be hurt
- invulnerabilitythe noun for this “cannot be hurt” quality
原始詞典資料2 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。
invulnerableadj/ɪnˈvʌl.nə.ɹə.bəl/
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Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.
- His gaze went to Hirken, who stood gloating behind invulnerable transparisteel.
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Unanswerable; irrefutable.
- an invulnerable argument
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。