Infallible
[ɪn'fælɪb(ə)l] or [ɪn'fæləbl]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Unerring, not liable to err.[2]. Certain, sure, unfailing, not liable to fail.
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同義詞及反義詞:
[See FALLIBLE]
整理:韦尔登
解釋/意思:
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.
校對:罗杰
例句/造句/用法:
- I am the servant of an infallible Master. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Nor is it less infallible, because men cannot distinctly explain the principles, on which it is founded. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Nothing less than a repetition of that infallible remedy will relieve his feelings. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- These principles I allow to be neither the infallible nor the sole causes of an union among ideas. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- There is, of course, no infallible touchstone by which we can tell offhand. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Every idea is possible, which is a necessary and infallible consequence of such as are possible. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The general opinion of mankind has some authority in all cases; but in this of morals it is perfectly infallible. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- At a distance from facts one draws conclusions which appear infallible, which yet when put to the test of reality, vanish like unreal dreams. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But are the rulers of states absolutely infallible, or are they sometimes liable to err? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It is mentioned as an infallible ointment by Hoffman, Mead, and I think the Abbe Fontana. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The mystery of creation was fathomless, infallible, inexhaustible, forever. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Why, yes, he said: how can any reasonable being ever identify that which is infallible with that which errs? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Yes, I said, my impression was that you did so, when you admitted that the ruler was not infallible but might be sometimes mistaken. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- In vain did poor Prude practise her infallible awe-inspiring frowns! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Such judgments are not only common, but in many cases certain and infallible. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Science is progressive, not infallible. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- In her own infallible purity, she had done what must be done. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It does not paralyze the self-activity of youth by the record of an infallible past. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- They are not the infallible causes. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I warmed the ale and made the toast on the usual infallible principles. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- If we are going to make a relationship, even of friendship, there must be something final and infallible about it. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Her words were oracles to him, her smallest actions marked by an infallible grace and wisdom. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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. 科學通論.
- So now, as an infallible way of making little ease great ease, I began to contract a quantity of debt. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Cyril Hall was their pope, infallible to them as Dr. Thomas Boultby to his admirers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
校對:罗杰