untouchable
英[?n't?t??b(?)l]
美[?n't?t??bl]
- adj. 達不到的；不可批評的；不可捉摸的
詞態變化
復數:?untouchables;
中文詞源
untouchable 不可觸摸的，賤民
un-, 不，非，touchable, 可接觸的。該詞通常用來指印度種姓制度的賤民，高種姓階層不可用身體直接接觸的人。
英文詞源
- untouchable (adj.)
- 1560s, "immaterial," from un- (1) "not" + touchable (see touch (v.)). Meaning "that legally cannot be interfered with" is recorded from 1734. Meaning "too loathsome or defiling to be touched" is recorded from 1873. The noun, in reference to a hereditary low caste of India, is attested from 1909; the term and the restrictions were made illegal in India in 1947.
雙語例句
- 1. A lot of the players began to feel they were untouchable.
- 許多球手開始覺得自己天下無敵。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Given his political connections, he thought he was untouchable.
- 他有一些政界關系，所以自認為誰也管不了他。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. I want to make it clear, however, that no one is untouchable in this investigation.
- 但我想說明白一點，這次調查誰都逃不了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was born an untouchable in a very poor village in south India.
- 他出身賤民，生于印度南部一個非常貧困的村子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I am going to find out just how untouchable you are.
- 我要試試看你到底是不是老虎屁股摸不得.
來自辭典例句