impenetrable

• adj. 不能通过的；顽固的；费解的；不接纳的

im-,不，非，penetrable,可穿透的。

1. not admitting of penetration or passage into or through;

"an impenetrable fortress"

"impenetrable rain forests"

2. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter;

"dense smoke"

"heavy fog"

"impenetrable gloom"

3. impossible to understand;

"impenetrable jargon"

impenetrable (adj.)

mid-15c., from Middle French impenetrable, from Latin impenetrabilis "that cannot be penetrated," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + penetrabilis "penetrable" (see penetrate). Related: Impenetrably; impenetrability.

No system is impenetrable, and none can promise to eliminate the worst case completely.

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Their jargon is impenetrable to an outsider.

他们的行话外人听不懂。

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I find his style somewhat impenetrable.

我发现他的行为方式令人颇为费解.

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The language of this document would be impenetrable to anyone except a specialist.

除了专家,其他任何人都看不懂这份文件.

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His books are notoriously impenetrable.

他的书出了名的晦涩难懂。

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Still, I had also judged the jungle of both banks quite impenetrable.

其次, 我先前早已留神了,两岸的丛林异常茂密,一眼看不透.

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The words died under the impenetrable insolence of Bertha's smile.

在白莎傲慢的,诡秘的笑容面前这几句话被吞下去了.

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She raised between them a barrier impenetrable as a wall.

她就在他们之间垒起一道不能越过的界线,象一堵墙一般.

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It was a new experience for me to confront an impenetrable wall.

对我来说,面对一堵穿不过的厚墙是一种从未有过的经历.

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She was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx.

她看上去就象一尊非常安详精致、但又高深莫测的狮身人面像.

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His dapper self - confidence seemed impenetrable to such hints.

这类的暗示似乎动摇不了他坚定的 自信.

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Their feathers were like armor impenetrable to steel.

它们的羽毛就象刀剑穿不透的盔甲.

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He is impenetrable to reason.

跟他道理说不通.

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She was imperturbable, inscrutable, impenetrable.

她是不可动摇的, 不可理解的, 不可捉摸的.

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The motive for the crime was impenetrable.

那起罪行的作案动机叫人捉摸不透.

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Moreover, matter is also impenetrable.

而且, 物质也是不可入的.

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