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infallible

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·fal·li·ble /ɪnˈfæləbəl/ adjective  1 CORRECTalways right and never making mistakes 永远正确的,从不犯错误的 OPP fallible No expert is infallible. 没有一个专家永远正确。 an infallible memory 绝对可靠的记忆2 EFFECTIVEsomething that is infallible always works or has the intended effect 〔事物〕绝对有效的 fail-safe He had an infallible cure for a hangover. 他有对付宿醉绝对灵验的良方。infallibly adverbinfallibility /ɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
infallibleBanks claim their cash-dispensing computers are infallible.Computer spell checkers are useful but far from infallible.Having been divorced three times, Aden admits he's far from infallible.Juries are not infallible. Innocent people are convicted, and guilty people go free.DNA testing is an almost infallible method of identification.There is no infallible way of predicting exactly what the weather will be like.
in·fal·li·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
never making always mistakes Corpus right and


infallible
infallible /ɪnˈfæləbəl, ɪnˈfælɪbəl/ adjective
1. always right and never making mistakes
   OPP  fallible:
    No expert is infallible.
    an infallible memory
2. something that is infallible always works or has the intended effect ⇨ fail-safe:
    He had an infallible cure for a hangover.
—infallibly adverb
—infallibility /ɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti, ɪnˌfælɪˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]


in·fal·libleBrE /ɪnˈfæləbl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈfæləbl/ 🔊 adjectivenever wrong; never making mistakes 永无过失的;一贯正确的infallible advice绝对正确的忠告Doctors are not infallible. 医生并非永不犯错。🔊🔊 OPP fallible that never fails; always doing what it is supposed to do 绝对可靠的;万无一失的an infallible method of memorizing things百试百灵的记忆方法 in·fal·li·bil·ity BrE /ɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] papal infallibility教皇无错 in·fal·libly BrE /ɪnˈfæləbli/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈfæləbli/ 🔊 adverb