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impenetrable [ımˈpenıtrəbl] ADJ

1. impenetrable:

impenetrable

不能穿透的 bùnéng chuāntòu de

the impenetrable darkness

2. impenetrable:

impenetrable

不可理解的 bùkě lǐjiě de

The book is completely impenetrable to me.

这本书我完全看不懂。

▶ impenetrably ADV

Usage examples with impenetrable

the impenetrable darkness

The book is completely impenetrable to me.

这本书我完全看不懂。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

That's why the buildings were designed to be impenetrable. en.wikipedia.org

Walls were eleven feet thick, thought to be impenetrable except by only the largest land artillery- which at the time were smooth bore cannon. en.wikipedia.org

The island is covered with an impenetrable jungle which has many endemic animal species. en.wikipedia.org

Even today, the swamp is impenetrable in places; a research group gave up in 2003 because it lost its way so many times. en.wikipedia.org

Further expeditions by the military in 1883 and 1887 also determined that the mountains were virtually impenetrable. en.wikipedia.org

Most of these, however, run east-west, whereas the coastline runs north-south, and much of the remaining bushland between has grown thick and impenetrable. en.wikipedia.org

Whereas dense, hard, impenetrable materials like metals reflect most. en.wikipedia.org

The long spears (pikes) pointed outwards at various heights gave these formations a formidable and impenetrable appearance. en.wikipedia.org

It was intended to be impenetrable and could be used for sheltering troops or stores. en.wikipedia.org

Here, the particle may only move backwards and forwards along a straight line with impenetrable barriers at either end. en.wikipedia.org

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