impenetrable

英 [ɪmˈpenɪtrəbl]

美 [ɪmˈpenɪtrəbl]

adj.  不可进入的; 穿不过的; 无法透视的; 不可理解的; 高深莫测的

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Collins.1 / BNC.13989 / COCA.13690

牛津词典

adj.

• 不可进入的；穿不过的；无法透视的
  that cannot be entered, passed through or seen through
  1. an impenetrable jungle
     无法穿越的丛林
  2. impenetrable darkness
     漆黑
• 不可理解的；高深莫测的
  impossible to understand
  1. an impenetrable mystery
     不解之谜
  2. Their jargon is impenetrable to an outsider.
     他们的行话外人听不懂。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不能穿过的;刺不进的;透不过的
  If you describe something such as a barrier or a forest asimpenetrable, you mean that it is impossible or very difficult to get through.
  1. ...the Caucasus range, an almost impenetrable barrier between Europe and Asia.
     高加索山脉,几乎难以穿越的欧亚屏障
• ADJ-GRADED 费解的;难以理解的
  If you describe something such as a book or a theory asimpenetrable, you are emphasizing that it is impossible or very difficult to understand.
  1. His books are notoriously impenetrable.
     他的书出了名的晦涩难懂。
  2. ...these impenetrable poems.
     这些隐晦难懂的诗

英英释义

adj

• impossible to understand
  1. impenetrable jargon
• not admitting of penetration or passage into or through
  1. an impenetrable fortress
  2. impenetrable rain forests
• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
  1. dense smoke
  2. heavy fog
  3. impenetrable gloom
  Synonym:denseheavy

双语例句

• The impenetrable Lisbon treaty is verbose on this but uncharacteristically brief on the role of representation.
  令人费解的《里斯本条约》在这一点上冗长啰嗦，但对于主席职能的解释却异常简短。
• The law seems even more mysterious and impenetrable.
  这条法则似乎更加神秘莫测、深奥费解。
• At that moment I caught a gleam of light in the impenetrable mystery of his presence;
  即刻，对于他是从哪里来的这个秘密我隐约发现到了一点线索；
• But there seemed to be an impenetrable barrier around her-as if she was sealed away by Tom.
  但是，好像她周围有一种难以逾越的障碍&就像被汤姆密封了起来。
• It is impossible for an impenetrable shield to coexist with a spear that finds nothing impenetrable.
  固若金汤的盾和无坚不摧的矛是不可能共存的。
• The fortifications of the castle were massive and impenetrable.
  那座城堡的防御工事厚实牢固，坚不可摧。
• His later works are mostly panoramic histories of Russia in the past century that most readers found impenetrable.
  他晚期的作品更多的是俄罗斯在过去的一个世纪的全景式的历史，多数读者都很难理解。
• You gave me every assurance that the Bank of England was impenetrable!
  你口口声声向我保证英格兰银行疏而不漏！
• It is useless, for you are affected by nothing, having erected an impenetrable armor around yourself.
  这一切都是无用的，因为你不受任何影响，你已经在自己周围树立了牢固的甲胄。
• Something even more impenetrable than a language barrier is at work.
  某种比语言更难逾越的障碍横亘于两者之间。