indefensible是什么意思？

indefensible

英[ˌɪndɪˈfensəbl] 美[ˌɪndɪˈfɛnsəbəl]

• adj. 无法防御的，站不住脚的；

例句

• Her silly behaviour puts her in an indefensible position. 她行为无聊,叫人无法原谅她。
• I find such behaviour indefensible. 我觉得这样的行为是不可原谅的。
• The minister was accused of defending the indefensible. 那位大臣被指责庇护不可原谅的行为。
• His action was indefensible. 他的行为是不可原谅的。
• 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。
• The checkpoint was abandoned as militarily indefensible. 检查站因为军事上无法防御而被舍弃。
• 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 action was indefensible... 他的行为是不可原谅的。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  站不住脚的;无可辩解的
  If you say that a statement, action, or idea is indefensible, you mean that it cannot be justified or supported because it is completely wrong or unacceptable.
  例句
  His action was indefensible... 他的行为是不可原谅的。 She described the new policy as 'morally indefensible'. 她认为新政策“在道德上是站不住脚的”。
• ADJ
  无法防御的;无法保卫的
  Places or buildings that are indefensible cannot be defended if they are attacked.
  例句
  The checkpoint was abandoned as militarily indefensible. 检查站因为军事上无法防御而被舍弃。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  无法防御的,站不住脚的 ; 不可原谅的
  I find such behaviour indefensible. 我觉得这样的行为是不可原谅的。 Her silly behaviour puts her in an indefensible position. 她行为无聊,叫人无法原谅她。
• n.

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
  2. incapable of being justified or explained