indelible

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a. 难以消除的, 不能拭除的, 难忘的

发音

US /ɪnˈdɛləbl/
AU /ɪnˈdɛləbl/

词形变化

more indelible 比较级 most indelible 最高级

别名

indelable indeleble undelible

教材释义与例句

形容词

难忘的；擦不掉的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.

    This ink spot on the contract is indelible.

    This stain on my shirt is indelible.

    Written with indelible pen.

  2. 2.

    Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.

    比喻

    That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory.

  3. 3.

    Incapable of being annulled.

    November 7, 1678, Thomas Sprat, a sermon preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of Clergymen in the Church of St Mary-le-Bow They are […] endued with indelible power from above.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

unerasable

近义相关 1

ineradicable

词源

From Latin indelebilis (“indestructible”).

来源：wiktionary