untouchable

英 [ʌn'tʌtʃəbl] 美 [ʌn'tʌtʃəbl]

• adj. 不可接触的；达不到的
• n. 贱民；不可接触者（指印度种姓制度中最低层的人）

英英释义

Noun:

1. belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

Adjective:

1. beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment;

   "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"
   

2. impossible to assail

3. forbidden to the touch;

   "in most museums such articles are untouchable"
   

4. ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling

5. 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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. You got yourself the untouchable status.
   你现在就像古印度贱民一样。
2. Even though K.R.Narayanan was an Untouchable in his country, he managed to rise to the highest ranks in India's government.
   尽管纳拉亚南在印度是贱民出身，但他通过自己的努力最终问鼎权力高峰。

经典引文

• In his day untouchable as a romantic actor.

  出自： E. H. Yates

近反义词

【近义词】

• unattainable 难到达的
• matchless 无敌的
• superlative 最上的
• superior 上级
• unrivalled 无双的
• intangible 难以明了的
• unrivaled 无比的
• unchallenged 未受过挑战的...
• unbeatable 难以战胜的
• unparalleled 无比的
• outcast 被驱逐的人
• exile 放逐
• pariah 南印度的最下级民...
• outsider 外行
• recluse 隐士
• castaway 被抛弃的
• leper 麻风病患者
• harijan 贱民
• inaccessible 难接近的
• unobtainable 无法得到的
• unprocurable 不可获得的
• unassailable 攻不破的