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inalienable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Law
in·a·li·en·a·ble /ɪnˈeɪliənəbəl/ adjective [usually before noun] formal  SCLRIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TOan inalienable right, power etc cannot be taken from you 〔权利、权力等〕不可剥夺的 inalienable human rights 不可剥夺的人权
Examples from the Corpus
inalienableAt the other extreme, societies, may allow claims upon that which we consider inalienable.Laws, whilst they are in force, are in this sense inalienable.Justice to all, irrespective of race, sect or class is the inalienable right and the inescapable obligation of all.The first inalienable right of a trainee was to dawdle and amuse himself before he settled into his chair for the morning.Childbirth might seem to be the last inalienable right of any female citizen within a civilized society.If a fellow is capable of nipping across a field surely it is his inalienable right to do so?We have an inalienable right to play college basketball.All works of art have the inalienable right to remain in their original abode rather than being shipped around the world for display.
Origin inalienable (1600-1700) alienable ((17-21 centuries)), from French aliéner to give to someone else, from Latin alienus; → ALIEN1
cannot Corpus be inalienable an taken power you etc from right,


inalienable
inalienable /ɪnˈeɪliənəbəl/ adjective [usually before noun] formal
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: alienable (17-21 centuries), from French aliéner 'to give to someone else', from Latin alienus; alien1
an inalienable right, power etc cannot be taken from you:
    inalienable human rights


in·ali·en·ableBrE /ɪnˈeɪliənəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈeɪliənəbl/ 🔊 (also less frequent un·ali·en·able) adjective [usually before noun] (formal) that cannot be taken away from you 不可剥夺(或分割)的the inalienable right to decide your own future不可剥夺的决定自己未来的权利