irrefragable

a. 不能反驳的, 不能否定的, 不可争辩的 [法] 不能反驳的, 不可争辩的, 不能否认的

发音

US /ɪˈɹɛfɹəɡəb(ə)l/
其它
UK /ɪˈɹɛfɹəɡəb(ə)l/
US /ˌiɹəˈfɹæɡəb(ə)l/
UK /ˌiɹəˈfɹæɡəb(ə)l/

词形变化

more irrefragable 比较级 most irrefragable 最高级

别名

irrefragible

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Which cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable.

  2. 2.

    Which cannot or should not be broken; indestructible.

    古体
  3. 3.

    Of a person: obstinate, stubborn.

    废旧

词源

Learned borrowing from Late Latin irrefrāgābilis (“irrefragable”) + English -able (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘able or fit to be done’). Irrefrāgābilis is derived from Latin ir- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + refrāgārī + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon); while refrāgārī is the present active infinitive of refrāgor (“to oppose, resist; to gainsay, thwart”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + fragor (“a breaking, shattering; a crash; din, uproar”) (from frangō (“to break, shatter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”))), formed as an antonym of suffrāgōr, the first-person singular present passive indicative of suffrāgō (“to support; to vote for”).

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