| 词汇 | example_english_impregnable |
| 释义 | Examples of impregnableThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. They have two great assets —impregnable mountains and magnificent harbours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However strong the store may be, nothing would be really impregnable, and the stores would be most tempting targets for any wrongdoer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have gone into battle once a year, but the fortress has remained virtually impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The local authority would be placed in an impregnable position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had an impregnable bargaining card in that flat refusal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am going to put forward the view that in certain circumstances the fortress is not impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whilst we all recognise the defects well enough, instinctively we regard the fortress as impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think the right answer is to try to make all roads impregnable to cattle and sheep. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have already made known my own view that total, impregnable security is not compatible with the free society we enjoy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this country at least we are impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am quite ready to admit that it should be the duty of us all to render our country impregnable to attack. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are those industries so impregnable that a little adjustment here or there may not do them harm? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no prison that is impregnable to the slyness, the cleverness and the potential of the revolutionaries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, the result of constant and consistent pressure from external sources is that the system becomes almost impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said just now that the finance of this country stood out like an impregnable rock in the middle of the sea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he had given a figure and had said that it was to be 100,000, what a magnificently impregnable position he would be in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Farming cannot be subjugated in the way we need, unless we are prepared to use the impregnable bargaining position that we are throwing away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, in my judgment, the case for the arts is impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If devaluation could be protected by words, the £ would be in an impregnable position, but as we very well know, that is not the case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At that time the command of the sea, which we had, made us practically impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot in any foreseeable way make ourselves impregnable from the air. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suggest with all respect that that logic is impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a feeling of frustration in the minds of the people, who had thought that their position under our flag was impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With regard to publicity, we must accept that no defence can be impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my judgment, the moral case here was impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, in the early days of settlement there, the town walls must have been virtually impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the autumn of 1940 that was our first and, as it proved to be, our impregnable line of defence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a provision will make it impossible to break down the wall built around those organisations, which will be impregnable by the outside investor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our cause is so impregnable that it does not need to rest upon adventitious advantage, and our case has been stated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have built a virtually impregnable fortress; it is a high place, an acropolis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Far-sighted action has been taken by this agreement—founded, as it is, on an impregnable international patent position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are by no means impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also venture to express the hope that he will override all private interests and routine business methods that may stand in the way of an impregnable food position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Afterwards our position in law was impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are fixed and solid and impregnable, and they leave us with a very narrow field on which to operate for the purposes of economy or change in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it is a mathematically impregnable argument that if we use the statutory deduction, the percentage on the cheaper property must be greater than on the more expensive property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such men and women will not only make the morale of the country impregnable, they will to-day create and spread that spirit which will ensure a just and lasting peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They form a relatively impregnable area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He believed that he was impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should make those vulnerable points impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are in fact on impregnable ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 History shows that impregnable defences are illusory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By their very nature, even the most impregnable vault or safe eventually needs to be able to be opened and closed by someone. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is then credited as the "strategos" (general) responsible for capturing an enemy fortress, which was considered impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although the strongpoint was taken, and seventeen cannon were captured, the battle was lost as the right bank remained impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sisera is hiding within the walls of an impregnable fortress. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Defended by its hilly terrain and strengthened with fortifications and powerful artillery, it was widely considered to be an impregnable stronghold. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The castle was surrounded by a triple ring of forts making its position seemingly impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While it was an effective defensive position, it was not an impregnable one. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He conceived a project to build an enclosure of fortifications around the capital that would make the city impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Montecatini, the once impregnable fortress fell into poor repair caused by the centuries of battles and general lack of maintenance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ginnor was considered an impregnable fort, located at the summit of a steep 2000-foot high rock, and surrounded by thick forest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her death increased her husband's paranoia, because she died in what was meant to be an impregnable fortress filled with loyal subjects. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Because of its site on a high, steep bluff of tufa, a volcanic rock, the city was virtually impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He possesses a great jumping power, good catching ability and an impregnable defense. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They also mined the opening of the pass to a depth of three kilometers, boasting that their position was impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Finding that this new position also was impregnable he again retired. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The enemy post was virtually an impregnable glacier fortress with ice walls, 457 metres high, on either side. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When first built and well-defended, with good food stores, this castle must have been impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The narrow entrance, and the forts surrounding it gave it a considerable advantage of being virtually impregnable to attack from the sea. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The drawbridge, slight ascent, and 90-degree turn between the outer and inner gates make the entrance impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Not only were they almost impregnable to attack in former tribal warfare, their flexible nail-less construction provide proven earthquake durability. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The solid rock hillside salient was impregnable to siege but was problematic for carving out the foundation of a palace. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fort thus earned a reputation for being impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the days of horsepower, this was considered an impregnable redoubt. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the time it was built the castle was impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The post was virtually an impregnable glacier fortress with ice walls, 1500 feet high, on both sides. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The promised fleet had not been sent, and the fortress that had been declared impregnable had been quickly captured. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The site was chosen because it was seen as being impregnable, as it is surrounded by sharp cliffs on three sides. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bredevoort was considered impregnable, because the city was surrounded by swamps. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Inevitably, many fortifications previously deemed impregnable proved inadequate in the face of gunpowder. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Cliffs up to high on either side rendered the castle relatively impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Like the new avenues of movement, cards open up the board by making no position impregnable, no attack a certainty. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has no intention to seize mastery over the world, but just to make his hide-out impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The university was to be an impregnable rampart of doctors and masters to resist heresy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The uncontested surrender of the supposedly impregnable fort caused a public and political uproar. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was successful, unexpectedly unseating the impregnable incumbent member. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Towns were situated on lake shores, river banks, in border areas, and in impregnable mountain areas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Constructed in 19311935, it was reputed to be impregnable and at the time, the largest in the world. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They requested that they be blessed with impregnable fortresses, which would be everlasting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Moreover, this was an impregnable position to capture. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Together with a deep moat its strong walls rendered it virtually impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He witnessed the fort (which) was strong and impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the anime version, he is the womanizing ruler of the seemingly impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Such locations provided a natural defense to enemy attack and made these villages almost impregnable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If the state were small, impregnable to attack, renounced war and excluded foreigners, it could survive for a longer time. We have all learned to recognize that governments are less impregnable than we had hitherto thought. If this is correct, it would seem that they played an important part in strengthening the border and making it more impregnable. They had consolidated their position since the fifteenth century and had latterly built up an impregnable position in the social infrastructure of the region. Built in 1537 of brick, it has immense circular mural towers and massive, impregnable walls. Nonetheless, it is striking that for both populations, dense neighbourhood structure appears to be impregnable to productive sound change. His face bore the marks of much, not always peaceful meditation; the look of it not bland or benevolent so much as close impregnable and hard. Zoning ordinances worked out in minute detail with thoughtfully drawn district boundaries based on detailed knowledge of local conditions could endow almost any regulation with an "impregnable" character. Because, despite improved technology and faster cars, drivers felt impregnable when driving their cars. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He said, in other words, that we must make ourselves impregnable from air attack. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one fortifies to make a place impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their arguments are logically irrevocable on this question, and politically impregnable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must always remain in an impregnable position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In expectation of future expenditure on more impregnable shelters, member nations have tended to leave things as they are in a perilously vulnerable state. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He then cleverly advanced the point that they would have done something for disability anyway, thus putting himself in an impregnable position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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