Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 20

Impuration (n.) Defilement; obscuration. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.

Impure (a.) 不純淨的;髒的;不純的,攙假的;不純潔的;不道德的;淫猥的;瀆神的;(顏色、式樣、音調等)混雜的;【語】不純的(指語言中夾雜外國用法或帶有語法錯誤等) Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.

Impure (a.) Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.

Impure (a.) Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.

Impure (a.) (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.

Impure (a.) (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.

Impure (a.) Mixed with something else that is usually not as good : sexual in a way that is considered morally wrong.

Impure (a.) Not pure: as a :  lewd, unchaste.

Impure (a.) Containing something unclean :  foul <impure water>.

Impure (a.) Ritually unclean.

Impure (a.) Mixed or impregnated with an extraneous and usually unwanted substance <an impure chemical>.

Impure (v. t.) To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.

Impure (a.) Combined with extraneous elements [ant: pure].

Impure (a.) (Used of persons or behaviors) Immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts" [ant: pure].

Impure (a.) Having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 [syn: unclean, impure] [ant: clean].

Impurely (adv.) 汙染地;髒地;不純地 In an impure manner.

Impureness (n.) [U] 不純淨;不潔;不純;不純潔;不道德;淫猥 The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. -- Milton.

Impureness (n.) The condition of being impure [syn: impurity, impureness] [ant: pureness, purity].

Impurity (n.) 不純;不潔 [U] [C];不道德;淫猥;瀆神 [U] [C];雜質;不純之物;不潔之物 [C] The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.

Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit. -- Buckminster.

Impurity (n.) That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.

Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy. -- Atterbury.

Impurity (n.) (Script.) Lack of ceremonial purity; defilement.

Impurity (n.) Worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water" [syn: impurity, dross].

Impurity (n.) The condition of being impure [syn: impurity, impureness] [ant: pureness, purity].

Impurity (n.) The quality or state of being impure : an unwanted substance that is found in something else and that prevents it from being pure.

Impurity (n.) Something that is impure or makes something else impure <removing impurities from water>.

Impurities (a.) of Impurity.

Impurpled (imp. & p. p.) of Impurple.

Impurpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impurple.

Impurple (v. t.) 使成紫色 To color or tinge with purple; to make red or reddish; to purple; as, a field impurpled with blood.

Impurpled with celestial roses, smiled. -- Milton.

The silken fleece impurpled for the loom. -- Pope.

Impurple (v. t.) Obsolete variant of  Empurple.

Imputability (n.) 可轉嫁 The quality of being imputable; imputableness.

Imputable (a.) That may be imputed; capable of being imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable.

A prince whose political vices, at least, were imputable to mental incapacity. -- Prescott.

Imputable (a.) Accusable; culpable. [R.]

The fault lies at his door, and she is no wise imputable. -- Ayliffe.

Imputable (a.) Capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him" [syn: ascribable, due, imputable, referable].

Imputableness (n.) 可歸罪 Quality of being imputable.

Imputably (adv.) In an imputable manner; by imputation.

Imputation (n.) 歸罪;負責;非難;汙名 The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.

Shylock. Antonio is a good man.

Bassanio. Have you heard any imputation to the contrary? -- Shak.

If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his men with the imputation of being near their master. -- Shak.

Imputation (n.) Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.

Let us be careful to guard ourselves against these groundless imputation of our enemies. -- Addison.

Imputation (n.) (Theol.) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.

Imputation (n.) Opinion; intimation; hint.

Imputation (n.) A statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation".

Imputation (n.) The attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously".

Imputation, () Is used to designate any action or word or thing as reckoned to a person. Thus in doctrinal language (1) the sin of Adam is imputed to all his descendants, i.e., it is reckoned as theirs, and they are dealt with therefore as guilty; (2) the righteousness of Christ is imputed to them that believe in him, or so attributed to them as to be considered their own; and (3) our sins are imputed to Christ, i.e., he assumed our "law-place," undertook to answer the demands of justice for our sins. In all these cases the nature of imputation is the same (Rom. 5:12-19; comp. Philemon 1:18, 19).

Imputative (a.) 歸罪於……的;好責難的 Transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. -- Im*put"a*tive*ly, adv.

Actual righteousness as well as imputative. -- Bp. Warburton.

Imputed (imp. & p. p.) of Impute.

Imputing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impute.

Impute (v. t.) [(+to)] 歸罪於,歸咎於;歸因於;【宗】把(善行或罪孽)歸於 To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense.

Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. -- Gray.

One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy. -- Macaulay.

Impute (v. t.) (Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.

It was imputed to him for righteousness. -- Rom. iv. 22.

They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds. -- Milton.

Impute (v. t.) To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.]

If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death. -- Gibbon.

Syn: To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply; insinuate; refer. See Ascribe.

Impute (v.) Attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" [syn: impute, ascribe, assign, attribute].

Impute (v.) Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness".

Imputer (n.) One who imputes.

Imputrescible (a.) 不會腐爛的 Not putrescible.

Imputrescible (a.) Not subject to decay.

Imrigh (n.) A peculiar strong soup or broth, made in Scotland. [Written also imrich.]

In- (prep.) A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force.

In- () An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial.

-in () A suffix. See the Note under -ine.

In (prep.) The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among. It is used:

In (prep.) With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air.

The babe lying in a manger. -- Luke ii. 16.

Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west. -- Shak.

Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude. -- Gibbon. 

Matter for censure in every page. -- Macaulay.

In (prep.) With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light. "Fettered in amorous chains." -- Shak. 

Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils. -- Shelley.

In (prep.) With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.

Nine in ten of those who enter the ministry. -- Swift.

In (prep.) With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear.

When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain? -- Shak.

In (prep.) With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor. "In sight of God's high throne." -- Milton. 

Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh. -- Cowper.

In (prep.) With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.

He would not plunge his brother in despair. -- Addison. 

She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets. -- Fielding.

In (prep.) With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life.

In as much as, or Inasmuch as, in the degree that; in like manner as; in consideration that; because that; since. See Synonym of Because, and cf. For as much as, under For, prep.

In that, because; for the reason that. "Some things they do in that they are men . . .; some things in that they are men misled and blinded with error." -- Hooker.

In the name of, in behalf of; on the part of; by authority; as, it was done in the name of the people; -- often used in invocation, swearing, praying, and the like.

To be in for it. (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a course.

To be in for it. (b) To be unable to escape from a danger, penalty, etc. [Colloq.]

To be in with or To keep in with. (a) To be close or near; as, to keep a ship in with the land.

To be in with or To keep in with (b) To be on terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy with; to secure and retain the favor of. [Colloq.]

Syn: Into; within; on; at. See At. 

In (adv.) Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house).

Their vacation . . . falls in so pat with ours. -- Lamb.

Note: The sails of a vessel are said, in nautical language, to be in when they are furled, or when stowed. In certain cases in has an adjectival sense; as, the in train (i. e., the incoming train); compare up grade, down grade, undertow, afterthought, etc. 

In (adv.) (Law) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband. -- Burrill. 

In and in breeding. See under Breeding.

In and out (Naut.), Through and through; -- said of a through bolt in a ship's side. -- Knight.

To be in, To be at home; as, Mrs. A. is in.

To come in. See under Come.

In (n.) Note: [Usually in the plural.]

One who is in office; -- the opposite of out.

In (n.) A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.

Ins and outs, (a) nooks and corners; twists and turns.

Ins and outs, (b) the peculiarities or technicalities (of a subject); intricacies; details; -- used with of; as, he knew the ins and outs of the Washington power scene.

All the ins and outs of this neighborhood. -- D. Jerrold. 

In (v. t.) To inclose; to take in; to harvest. [Obs.]

He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop. -- Shak.

Tetrazine (n.) Also -in (Chem.) A hypothetical compound, C2H2N4 which may be regarded as benzene with four CH groups replaced by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties.

IN, () Individual Network [e.v.] (org., ISP)

IN, () Intelligent Network (ITU-T, Q.1200) 

INN. () A house where a traveller is furnished with every thing he has occasion for while on his way. Bac. Ab. Inns. B; 12 Mod. 255; 3 B. & A. 283; 4 Campb. 77; 2 Chit. Rep. 484; 3 Chit. Com. Law, 365, n. 6.

INN. () All travellers have a lawful right to enter an inn for the purpose of being accommodated. It has been held that an innkeeper in a town through which lines of stages pass, has no right to, exclude the driver of one of these lines from his yard and the common public rooms, where travellers are usually placed, who comes there at proper hours, and in a proper manner, to solicit passengers for his coach, and without doing any injury to the innkeeper. 8 N. H. R. 523; Hamm. N. P. 170. Vide Entry; Guest.

Inability (n.) 無能,無力 The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity.

It is not from an inability to discover what they ought to do, that men err in practice. -- Blair.

Syn: Impotence; incapacity; incompetence; weakness; powerlessness; incapability. See Disability.

Inability (n.) Lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something [ant: {ability}, {power}].

Inability (n.) Lacking the power to perform [syn: {inability}, {unfitness}] [ant: {ability}].

Inable (v. t.) See Enable.

Inablement (n.) See Enablement. [Obs.]

Inabstinence (n.) Lack of abstinence; indulgence. [Obs.] "The inabstinence of Eve." -- Milton.

Inabstracted (a.) Not abstracted.

Inabusively (adv.) Without abuse.

Inaccessibility (n.) The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness. "The inaccessibility of the precipice." -- Bp. Butler.

Inaccessibility (n.) The quality of not being available when needed [syn: inaccessibility, unavailability] [ant: accessibility, availability, availableness, handiness].

Inaccessible (a.) Not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached; as, an inaccessible rock, fortress, document, prince, etc. -- In`ac*cess"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`ac*cess"i*bly, adv.

Inaccessible (a.) Capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all [syn: inaccessible, unaccessible] [ant: accessible].

Inaccessible (a.) Not capable of being obtained; "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth" [syn: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable].

Inaccordant (a.) Not accordant; discordant.

Inaccuracies (n. pl. ) of Inaccuracy.

Inaccuracy (n.) The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.

Inaccuracy (n.) That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc.

Inaccuracy (n.) The quality of being inaccurate and having errors [ant: accuracy, truth].

Inaccurate (a.) Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc.

Note: The term inaccurate is usually used when an assertion or result is near to the truth, but not exactly, or has some basis for belief; however, it is sometimes used as a gentle euphemism for wrong even if the error is flagrant.

The expression is plainly inaccurate. -- Bp. Hurd.

Syn: Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; defective.

Iaccurate (a.) Not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate" [ant: accurate].

Inaccurately (adv.) In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.

Inaccurately (adv.) In an inaccurate manner; "this student works rather inaccurately and sloppily" [ant: accurately].

Inacquaintance (a.) Lack of acquaintance. -- Good.

Inacquiescent (a.) Not acquiescent or acquiescing.

Inaction (n.) Lack of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness. -- Berkeley.

Inactive (a.) Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.

Inactive (a.) Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.

Inactive (a.) (Chem. & Opt.) Not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically inactive; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.

Inactive (a.) (Chem. & Biochem.) Lacking biological or biochemical activity; not causing a specific biological or biochemical effect; -- said of substances such as enzymes which have lost their catalytic power, or of small molecules which are tested for some type of biological activity and found to lack that activity; as, after boiling for ten minutes, the enzyme was totally inactive; the methyl analog was inactive as an antibiotic.

Syn: Inert; dull; sluggish; idle; indolent; slothful; lazy. See Inert.

Inactive (a.) (Chemistry) Not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine".

Inactive (a.) (Pathology) Not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly [ant: active].

Inactive (a.) (Military) Not involved in military operations [syn: nonoperational, inactive] [ant: operational].

Inactive (a.) Not exerting influence or change [ant: active].

Inactive (a.) (Of e.g. volcanos) Not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano" [syn: dormant, inactive] [ant: active].

Inactive (a.) Lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith [syn: passive, inactive] [ant: active].

Inactive (a.) Lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" [ant: active].

Inactive (a.) Not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member" [ant: active].

Inactive (a.) Not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" [ant: active].

Inactive (a.) Not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest" [syn: inactive, motionless, static, still].

Inactive (a.) Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.

Inactive (a.) 無行動的;不活動的;不活躍的 Doing nothing.

// It's bad for your health to be physically inactive.

// The property market remains largely inactive.

Inactively (adv.) 不活潑地 In an inactive manner. --Locke.

Inactivity (n.) The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

Inactivity (n.) Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness.

The gloomy inactivity of despair. -- Cook.

Inactivity (n.) The state of being inactive [syn: inaction, inactivity, inactiveness] [ant: action, activeness, activity].

Inactivity (n.) A disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work" [syn: inactiveness, inactivity, inertia] [ant: activeness, activity].

Inactivity (n.) Being inactive; being less active [ant: activity].

Inactose (n.) (Chem.) 不旋糖 A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive.

Inactuate (v. t.) To put in action. [Obs.]

Inactuation (n.) Operation. [Obs.]

Inadaptation (n.) Lack of adaptation; unsuitableness.

Inadequacy (n.) 不適當;不完全;不充分 The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.

The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes. -- Dr. T. Dwight.

Inadequacy (n.) Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency].

Inadequacy (n.) A lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy].

Inadequacy (n.) Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [syn: inadequacy, inadequateness] [ant: adequacy, adequateness].

Inadequate (a.) 充分的;不適當的;不夠格的;不能勝任的 [+to/ for] [+to-v] Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc. -- Dryden. -- In*ad"e*quate*ly, adv. -- In*ad"e*quate*ness, n.

Inadequate (a.) Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" [syn: inadequate, unequal] [ant: adequate, equal].

Inadequate (a.) Not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: inadequate, poor, short].

Inadequation (n.) 不相適合;不相符;不適當 Lack of exact correspondence. [Obs.] -- Puller.

Inadherent (a.) Not adhering.

Inadherent (a.) (Bot.) Free; not connected with the other organs.

Inadhesion (n.) Lack of adhesion.

Inadmissibility (n.) The state or quality of being inadmissible, or not to be received.

Inadmissibility (n.) Unacceptability as a consequence of not being admissible [ant: admissibility].

Inadmissible (a.) Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation. -- In`ad*mis"si*bly, adv. Inadvertence

Inadmissible (a.) Not deserving to be admitted; "inadmissible evidence" [ant: admissible].

-ces (n. pl. ) of Inadvertence.

-cies (n. pl. ) of Inadvertency.

Inadvertence (n.) Alt. of Inadvertency.

Inadvertency (n.) 不注意;怠慢;疏忽 The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.

Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. -- Jer. Taylor.

Inadvertency (n.) An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.

The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact. -- Addison.

Syn: Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See Inattention.

Inadvertence (n.) An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something [syn: oversight, inadvertence].

Inadvertence (n.) The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities [syn: unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency] [ant: heedfulness, mindfulness].

Inadvertent (a.) 不注意的;怠慢的 Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive.

An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. -- Cowper. -- In`ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.

Inadvertent (a.) Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting" [syn: accidental, inadvertent].

Inadvertently (adv.) 不慎地;非故意地 Without knowledge or intention; "he unwittingly deleted the references" [syn: unwittingly, inadvertently, unknowingly] [ant: advertently, heedfully, knowingly, mindfully, wittingly].

Inadvisable (a.) 不受勸告的,不聰明的,不得體的,失策的 Not advisable. -- {In`ad*vis"a*ble*ness}, n.

Inadvisable (a.) Not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable" [syn: {inadvisable}, {unadvisable}] [ant: {advisable}].

Inadvisable (a.) Not advisable; "an unnecessary and inadvisable action".

Inaffability (n.) Lack of affability or sociability; reticence.

Inaffable (a.) 不和藹的 Not affable; reserved in social intercourse.

Inaffectation (n.) Freedom from affectation; naturalness. [R.]

Inaffected (a.) Unaffected. [Obs.] -- In`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Inaidable (a.) Incapable of being assisted; helpless. [R.] -- Shak.

Inalienability (n.) The quality or state of being inalienable.

Inalienable (a.) Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright.

Inalienable (a.) Incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" [syn: inalienable, unalienable] [ant: alienable].

Inalienable (a.) Not subject to forfeiture; "an unforfeitable right" [syn: unforfeitable, inalienable].

Inalienable (a.) (Formal) 不可剝奪的;不可分割的 Unable to be removed.

// An inalienable right.

Inalienableness (n.) 不能讓與,不能奪取 The quality or state of being inalienable; inalienability.

Inalienably (adv.) 不能讓與地;不可奪取地 In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested.

Inalienably (adv.) In an inalienable manner; "this property is held inalienably".

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