incorruptible

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·cor·rup·ti·ble /ˌɪnkəˈrʌptəbəl◂/ adjective 1 HONESTsomeone who is incorruptible cannot be persuaded to do wrong or illegal things 诚实正直的，刚正不阿的，廉洁的 A good judge must be incorruptible. 好法官必须廉洁。2. formalHT material that is incorruptible will never decay and cannot be destroyed 〔物质〕不会腐蚀的，不会毁坏的 —incorruptibility /ˌɪnkərʌptəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

incorruptible• Gold was precious because it was incorruptible.• Here, in the most powerful position in the greatest Library in moledom, was a mole she sensed was utterly incorruptible.• Ivory is an arcane substance with the properly of rendering flesh incorruptible.• Mohan Singh ji, a union boss, incorruptible and deeply committed to political reform.• We hold it firmly for an undoubted truth that our soul is incorruptible and immortal.• Costner is believable in the role of the incorruptible defense lawyer.• All celestial objects in the super-lunar region were made of an incorruptible element called aether.• The earthlike surface of the moon undermined the Aristotelian distinction between the perfect, incorruptible heavens and the changing, corruptible earth.• To his supporters, Rawlings remains an incorruptible savior and pragmatist who kept the country from plunging into chaos.

in·cor·rup·ti·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable

incorruptible to cannot who be Corpus someone is persuaded

incorruptible
in‧cor‧rup‧ti‧ble /ˌɪnkəˈrʌptəbəl◂, ˌɪnkəˈrʌptɪbəl◂/

adjective
1. someone who is incorruptible cannot be persuaded to do wrong or illegal things:

A good judge must be incorruptible.
2. formal material that is incorruptible will never decay and cannot be destroyed
—incorruptibility /ˌɪnkərʌptəˈbɪləti, ˌɪnkərʌptɪˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]

in·cor·rupt·ible

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/ˌɪnkəˈrʌptəbl/

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/ˌɪnkəˈrʌptəbl/

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adjective