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untouchable是什么意思，untouchable怎么读

untouchable基本信息

读法：英 [ʌn"tʌtʃəb(ə)l] 美 [ʌn"tʌtʃəbl]

释义：

  • adj. 达不到的；不可批评的；不可捉摸的

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    英英释义

    Noun:

  • belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
    • Adjective:
  • beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment;"for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"
  • impossible to assail
  • forbidden to the touch;"in most museums such articles are untouchable"
  • ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
  • not capable of being obtained;"a rare work, today almost inaccessible"
    "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"
    "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"

    • 中英词源

    untouchable 不可触摸的，贱民

    un-, 不，非，touchable, 可接触的。该词通常用来指印度种姓制度的贱民，高种姓阶层不可用身体直接接触的人。

    untouchable (adj.)
    1560s, "immaterial," from un- (1) "not" + touchable (see touch (v.)). Meaning "that legally cannot be interfered with" is recorded from 1734. Meaning "too loathsome or defiling to be touched" is recorded from 1873. The noun, in reference to a hereditary low caste of India, is attested from 1909; the term and the restrictions were made illegal in India in 1947.

    词态变化

    复数 untouchables;

    权威造句

    1. A lot of the players began to feel they were untouchable.
    许多球手开始觉得自己天下无敌。

    来自柯林斯例句

    2. Given his political connections, he thought he was untouchable.
    他有一些政界关系，所以自认为谁也管不了他。

    来自《权威词典》

    3. I want to make it clear, however, that no one is untouchable in this investigation.
    但我想说明白一点，这次调查谁都逃不了。

    来自柯林斯例句wWw.WenTiYI.COm

    4. He was born an untouchable in a very poor village in south India.
    他出身贱民，生于印度南部一个非常贫困的村子。

    来自柯林斯例句

    5. I am going to find out just how untouchable you are.
    我要试试看你到底是不是老虎屁股摸不得.

    来自辞典例句

    近反义词

  • unattainable 难到达的
  • matchless 无敌的
  • superlative 最上的
  • superior 上级
  • unrivalled 无双的
  • intangible 难以明了的
  • unrivaled 无比的
  • unchallenged 未受过挑战的...
  • unbeatable 难以战胜的
  • unparalleled 无比的
  • outcast 被驱逐的人
  • exile 放逐
  • pariah 南印度的最下级民...
  • outsider 外行
  • recluse 隐士
  • castaway 被抛弃的
  • leper 麻风病患者
  • harijan 贱民
  • inaccessible 难接近的
  • unobtainable 无法得到的
  • unprocurable 不可获得的
  • unassailable 攻不破的

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