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incontrovertible

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·con·tro·ver·ti·ble /ɪnˌkɒntrəˈvɜːtəbəl $ ɪnˌkɑːntrəˈvɜːr-/ adjective  TRUEdefinitely true and impossible to be proved false 不容置疑的;无可辩驳的 SYN indisputable CCTV provided incontrovertible evidence that he was at the scene of the crime. 闭路电视提供了案发时他在犯罪现场的确凿证据。incontrovertibly adverb
Examples from the Corpus
incontrovertibleAlthough this has been argued over for fifty years, the size of this ancient catastrophe now seems incontrovertible.The case for following the Western example of reducing the costly standing army by building a reserve of trained men became incontrovertible.The evidence that the television arrangements were bungled is incontrovertible.For this was reality, as durable as it was crucial, as incontrovertible as it was incomprehensible.If the hearings uncover some incontrovertible evidence of corruption he could look like a defender of the indefensible.It was far from incontrovertible evidence of what Gloria had suggested and Neil had confirmed.There is incontrovertible evidence that Wallenberg did not die in 1947.That Husameddin, perhaps unluckily, has wholly misrepresented Ibn Hajar is incontrovertible, however.It is incontrovertible that there has been long-continued subsidence on many oceanic atolls.
Origin incontrovertible (1600-1700) controvertible that can be argued about ((17-21 centuries)), from controvert to dispute ((17-21 centuries)), from controversy
impossible definitely false and true be proved Corpus to


incontrovertible
incontrovertible /ɪnˌkɒntrəˈvɜːtəbəl, ɪnˌkɒntrəˈvɜːtɪbəl $ ɪnˌkɑːntrəˈvɜːr-/ adjective
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: controvertible 'that can be argued about' (17-21 centuries), from controvert 'to dispute' (17-21 centuries), from controversy
definitely true and impossible to be proved false
   SYN  indisputable:
    CCTV provided incontrovertible evidence that he was at the scene of the crime.
—incontrovertibly adverb


in·con·tro·vert·ibleBrE /ˌɪnkɒntrəˈvɜːtəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪnkɑːntrəˈvɜːrtəbl/ 🔊 adjective (formal) that is true and cannot be disagreed with or denied 无可争辩的;不能否认的;无可置疑的 SYN indisputable incontrovertible evidence/proof 无可置疑的证据 in·con·tro·vert·ibly BrE /ˌɪnkɒntrəˈvɜːtəbli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪnkɑːntrəˈvɜːrtəbli/ 🔊 adverb