单词

indefensible

读音

ˌɪndɪˈfensəbl

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释义

adj. 站不住脚的；不能防卫的；无辩护余地的

例句

She described the new policy as "morally indefensible."

她认为新政策“在道德上是站不住脚的”。

Symbolic of national unity as they claim to be, their very history—and sometimes the way they behave today—embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities.

尽管他们宣称自己象征着国家统一，但正是他们以往的历史——以及现在有时的行为方式——体现了已经过时的、站不住脚的特权和不公平现象。

The minister was accused of defending the indefensible.

那位大臣被指责庇护不可原谅的行为。

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who gave reasons for why some practicewas indefensible.They demonstrated that the way people treated

Failure to recognize the fact that a compromise between two positions,one of which is morally indefensible, is also morally indefensible,has helped to perpetuate countless injustices large and small.

reckless management of that medication is indefensible.

Time and again, a thinker would lay out an argumentas to why some practice was indefensible,irrational, inconsistent with values already held.

I offer this reminder:the idea that slavery is morally indefensible is not new to you.The founders of your country knew it and many even acknowledged it publicly,

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