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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·tact /ɪnˈtækt/ ●○○ adjective [not before noun]  BROKENnot broken, damaged, or spoiled 完好无损的,未受损伤的 Only the medieval tower had remained intact. 只有这座中世纪塔楼保存完好。 His reputation survived intact. 他的声望丝毫未受影响。
Examples from the Corpus
intactDespite the bombing, the house was still intact.Our furniture survived the long journey more or less intact.Somehow his reputation survived the scandal intact.The package arrived intact.The toys have to be intact in their original boxes or they're not worth anything.survived intactA minor mystery, of course, is how the file has survived intact.In Nicholas the benign policies of the squirearchy had survived intact.Unfortunately, few of these have survived intact.Where others would have dismissed the idea as impractical, Sherwood set about locating those vehicles which had survived intact.The facade survived intact and was incorporated in the rebuilding, which was completed in 1932.Apparently the machine's screen and the motherboard survived intact - but alas not the floppy drive.Lack of rainfall means that they have survived intact for hundreds of years, though they are now being threatened by tourists.This is the only example portraying a Roman Emperor which has survived intact from such an early age.
Origin intact (1400-1500) Latin intactus, from tactus, past participle of tangere to touch
in·tact adjectiveChineseSyllable
damaged, Corpus broken, spoiled or not


intact
intact /ɪnˈtækt/ adjective [not before noun]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: intactus, from tactus, past participle of tangere 'to touch'
not broken, damaged, or spoiled:
    Only the medieval tower had remained intact.
    His reputation survived intact.


in·tactBrE /ɪnˈtækt/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈtækt/ 🔊 adjective [not usually before noun] complete and not damaged 完好无损;完整 SYN undamaged Most of the house remains intact even after two hundred years. 即使过了两百年,这房子的大部分还保持完好。🔊🔊He emerged from the trial with his reputation intact. 他受审获释,名誉丝毫未受损害。🔊🔊