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inviolable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·vi·o·la·ble /ɪnˈvaɪələbəl/ adjective formal  KEEP/CONTINUE TO HAVEan inviolable right, law, principle etc is extremely important and should be treated with respect and not broken or removed 〔权利、法律、原则等〕不可违背的,不可侵犯的inviolability /ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable] the inviolability of the country’s borders 国家边界不容侵犯
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inviolableFoster's set of negatives is a concise deconstruction of areas once considered inviolable.In our society, however, children are held in theory at least to be sexually sacrosanct and inviolable.Like my country, I too have spread myself to the invader, while remaining secretly inviolable.Until his polar opposite steps lightly down on to his moon-paved home ground, the sleek beast-headed man sits at peace, inviolable.What a man experiences in the privacy of his psyche must of necessity remain inviolate and inviolable.She seemed possessed of an inviolable grace.
Origin inviolable (1400-1500) French Latin inviolabilis, from violare to violate
etc is important an extremely inviolable principle Corpus law, right,


inviolable
inviolable /ɪnˈvaɪələbəl/ adjective formal
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: French
 Origin: Latin inviolabilis, from violare __to violate__
an inviolable right, law, principle etc is extremely important and should be treated with respect and not broken or removed
—inviolability /ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti, ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪlɪti/ noun [uncountable]:
    the inviolability of the country’s borders


in·viol·ableBrE /ɪnˈvaɪələbl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈvaɪələbl/ 🔊 adjective (formal) that must be respected and not attacked or destroyed 不容亵渎的;不可侵犯的;不容破坏的the inviolable right to life不可侵犯的生命权inviolable territory不可侵犯的领土an inviolable rule不容违背的规则 in·viol·abil·ity BrE /ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˌvaɪələˈbɪləti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]