infallible
外观
參見:infal·lible
英语
[编辑]词源
[编辑]源自中世紀拉丁語 infallibilis,源自拉丁語 in- + fallibilis。对比法語 infaillible。字面上等同於 in- + fallible。
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[编辑]形容词
[编辑]infallible (比較級 more infallible,最高級 most infallible)
- 没有任何错误或缺点的,无懈可击的
- He knows about many things, but even he is not infallible.
- 他懂的东西很多,但是就算是他也不是完美的。
- 1720,Samuel Fancourt,“The Remarker's second Objection produced and examined”, in An Essay Concerning Certainty and Infallibility: Or, Some Reflections Upon a Pamphlet Stiled, “The Nature and Consequences of Enthusiasm Considered, in Some Short Remarks on the Doctrine of the Blessed Trinity Stated and Defended.” In a Letter to the Author of Those Remarks[1],London: R. Cruttenden,頁 35:
- That there may be Certainty upon an infallible Evidence in Matters of Science, I readily grant you. But since there once were Scepticks in Philosophy as well as Religion, such as doubted of every thing, I very much question, whether the whole World be agreed in this Point; unless you could assure me, that Race of Seekers is now extinct.
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- 保证成功的,万无一失的
- Try this infallible cure for hiccups.
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- 1818,Mary Shelley,章號 4, in Frankenstein[2],存檔自the original on 30 October 2011:
- [L]isten patiently [...] and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.
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- 1833,James Rennie,“The Word Gardening”, in Alphabet of Scientific Gardening for the Use of Beginners,London: William Orr,頁 2:
- In precisely the same way does a quack doctor prescribe his infallible nostrum to every patient, without taking into account differences of constitution, or [...]
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名词
[编辑]infallible (複數 infallibles)
- 没有任何错误或缺点的人或事物;万无一失的人或事物