indefensible

英 [ˌɪndɪˈfensəbl]

美 [ˌɪndɪˈfensəbl]

adj.  (道德上)无可辩解的，不能原谅的; 无法防守的

TEM8

BNC.19248 / COCA.21778

牛津词典

adj.

• （道德上）无可辩解的，不能原谅的
  that cannot be defended or excused because it is morally unacceptable
  1. indefensible behaviour
     不可原谅的行为
  2. The minister was accused of defending the indefensible.
     那位大臣被指责庇护不可原谅的行为。
• 无法防守的
  impossible to defend from military attack

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 站不住脚的;无可辩解的
  If you say that a statement, action, or idea isindefensible, you mean that it cannot be justified or supported because it is completely wrong or unacceptable.
  1. His action was indefensible...
     他的行为是不可原谅的。
  2. She described the new policy as 'morally indefensible'.
     她认为新政策“在道德上是站不住脚的”。
  3. The indefensibleis something which is indefensible.
     站不住脚的观点(或说法);无可辩解的行为
  4. To argue otherwise is trying to defend the indefensible.
     持相反的论点就是试图为站不住脚的事情强辩。
• ADJ 无法防御的;无法保卫的
  Places or buildings that areindefensiblecannot be defended if they are attacked.
  1. The checkpoint was abandoned as militarily indefensible.
     检查站因为军事上无法防御而被舍弃。

英英释义

adj

• incapable of being justified or explained
  Synonym:insupportableunjustifiableunwarrantableunwarranted
• (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
  Synonym:untenable
• not able to be protected against attack

双语例句

• What remains of the case must be based on a contingent weighing of costs and benefits, rather than sharp, principled and ultimately indefensible distinctions.
  要让理由成立，就必须视情况对成本和利益进行权衡，而不是只考虑基于原则但最终站不住脚的巨大差异。
• Opposition members are still trying to defend the indefensible.
  反对派仍在试图为他们站不住脚的论点辩护。
• She described the new policy as 'morally indefensible'.
  她认为新政策“在道德上是站不住脚的”。
• His actions remain indefensible because he broke his word and his contract.
  他的所作所为是无可辩解的，因为他既食言又违约。
• [ Private equity groups] should recognise that tax treatment of their income has become indefensible, Mr Dear said on Monday.
  （私人股本集团）应当认识到，针对他们的收入的税收待遇已经站不住脚了。迪尔周一表示。
• The checkpoint was abandoned as militarily indefensible.
  检查站因为军事上无法防御而被舍弃。
• In any case to tell lies to the young, who have no means of checking what they are told, is morally indefensible.
  无论如何，趁年轻人还不会鉴别真伪，就对他们撒谎，在道义上是站不住的。
• He derided its proponents as "half-scientist* half-charlatan", decried their" indefensible "conceptual basis, and ascribed their popularity to" extraordinary "American credulity.
  他嘲笑技术官僚是“一半科学家一半骗子”，嘲笑他们的“站不住脚的”概念基础，并归因于他们的流行是美国“特别”易受骗。
• The British commissioner, at heart a free trader, called various aspects of China's trade policy illogical, indefensible and unacceptable and accused it of doing nothing to rein in rampant counterfeiting that was costing European business hundreds of millions of euros.
  这位来自英国的、骨子里推崇自由贸易的欧盟贸易专员认为，中国贸易政策的各个方面都不合逻辑、站不住脚、无法接受，并指责中国放任猖獗的造假行为，导致欧洲企业损失惨重。
• Some very intelligent people have argued that giving future generations less weight than the current generation is ethically indefensible.
  一些非常聪明的人争辩说给后代减轻负担是毋庸置疑的。分辩是非不总是很容易的。