Infallible
[ɪn'fælɪb(ə)l] or [ɪn'fæləbl]
解释:
(adj.) incapable of failure or error; 'an infallible antidote'; 'an infallible memory'; 'the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible'; 'no doctor is infallible' .
整理:凯蒂--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.
(a.) Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy.
(a.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility.
整理:史黛丝
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Unerring, not liable to err.[2]. Certain, sure, unfailing, not liable to fail.
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同义词及反义词：
[See FALLIBLE]
整理:韦尔登
解释:
adj. incapable of error: trustworthy: certain.—ns. Infall′ibilism; Infall′ibilist; Infallibil′ity.—adv. Infall′ibly.—The doctrine of infallibility in the R.C. Church since 1870 is that the Pope when speaking ex cathedr is kept from error in all that regards faith and morals.
校对:罗杰
例句:
- I am the servant of an infallible Master. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Nor is it less infallible, because men cannot distinctly explain the principles, on which it is founded. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Nothing less than a repetition of that infallible remedy will relieve his feelings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- These principles I allow to be neither the infallible nor the sole causes of an union among ideas. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- There is, of course, no infallible touchstone by which we can tell offhand. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- Every idea is possible, which is a necessary and infallible consequence of such as are possible. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The general opinion of mankind has some authority in all cases; but in this of morals it is perfectly infallible. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- At a distance from facts one draws conclusions which appear infallible, which yet when put to the test of reality, vanish like unreal dreams. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- But are the rulers of states absolutely infallible, or are they sometimes liable to err? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- It is mentioned as an infallible ointment by Hoffman, Mead, and I think the Abbe Fontana. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The mystery of creation was fathomless, infallible, inexhaustible, forever. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- For it must be observed, that the opinions of men, in this case, carry with them a peculiar authority, and are, in a great measure, infallible. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Why, yes, he said: how can any reasonable being ever identify that which is infallible with that which errs? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- As evidence in court its word cannot be doubted, and the witness confronted by his own utterances from the phonograph must yield to its infallible dictum. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Yes, I said, my impression was that you did so, when you admitted that the ruler was not infallible but might be sometimes mistaken. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- In vain did poor Prude practise her infallible awe-inspiring frowns! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Such judgments are not only common, but in many cases certain and infallible. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Science is progressive, not infallible. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- In her own infallible purity, she had done what must be done. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It does not paralyze the self-activity of youth by the record of an infallible past. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- They are not the infallible causes. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- I warmed the ale and made the toast on the usual infallible principles. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- If we are going to make a relationship, even of friendship, there must be something final and infallible about it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Her words were oracles to him, her smallest actions marked by an infallible grace and wisdom. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The barometer is not an infallible prophet, but it is of great assistance in predicting the general trend of the weather. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- So now, as an infallible way of making little ease great ease, I began to contract a quantity of debt. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Cyril Hall was their pope, infallible to them as Dr. Thomas Boultby to his admirers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
校对:罗杰