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

• Your billing practices are indefensible.
  你的帐单一捅就破。
• There are no indefensible clients – just indefensible arguments.
  没有无法辩护的委托人，只有无法辩护的论点。
• It was neither here nor there, however: Mr Madoff's conduct was ultimately indefensible and he deserved what he got.
  这并不重要，但是，马多夫先生的行为最终是别人无法为他辩护的，他罪有应得。
• His action was indefensible
  他的行为是不可原谅的。
• 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。
• [ 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。
• "That's an indefensible lie," brother Jack said.
  这是漏洞百出的谎言，杰克兄弟说。
• Those lines, he said, are "indefensible."
  他表示，那些边境线是“站不住脚的。”
• As a result some economists, such as Peter Diamond, argue it would be indefensible to raise the retirement age, since it would hurt the poor.
  因此，彼得戴蒙德（peterdiamond）等一些经济学家辩称，提高退休年龄的说法是站不住脚的，因为这将损害穷人利益。
• It is not just that western support for autocracy and indulgence of the corruption of Arab rulers is morally indefensible.
  西方对威权政府的支持、对阿拉伯统治者腐败的纵容，在道义上是站不住脚的。