indefensible

US [ˌɪndɪˈfensəb(ə)l]
UK [.ɪndɪ'fensəb(ə)l]
  • adj.（道德上）无可辩解的；无法防守的
  • Web站不住脚的；不能防卫的；不可辩解型

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indefensible
adj.
1.
（道德上）无可辩解的，不能原谅的that cannot be defended or excused because it is morally unacceptable
indefensible behaviour
不可原谅的行为
The Prime Minister was accused of defending the indefensible.
首相被指责庇护不可原谅的行为。
2.
无法防守的impossible to defend from military attack

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1.
AIG's bonuses prompted fury from the White House downwards, with critics blasting it as an indefensible case of rewarding failure.
AIG巨额奖金事件可谓一石激起千层浪，上至白宫下至平民百姓都愤慨不已，指责AIG犯了一个彻底的错误。
AIG jù é jiǎng jīn shì jiàn kě wèi yī shí jī qǐ qiān céng làng , shàng zhì bái gōng xià zhì píng mín bǎi xìng dōu fèn kǎi bù yǐ , zhǐ zé AIG fàn le yī gè chè dǐ de cuò wù 。
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2.
I replied, I agree with what he said . . . I made a bad mistake, it was indefensible, and I'm sorry about it.
我回答说：“我同意他的说法……我犯了个糟糕的错误，不可原谅，我非常抱歉。”
wǒ huí dá shuō : " wǒ tóng yì tā de shuō fǎ … … wǒ fàn le gè zāo gāo de cuò wù , bù kě yuán liàng , wǒ fēi cháng bào qiàn 。 "
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In any case to tell lies to the young, who have no means of checking what they are told, is morally indefensible.
无论如何，趁年轻人还不会鉴别真伪，就对他们撒谎，在道义上是站不住的。
wú lùn rú hé , chèn nián qīng rén hái bú huì jiàn bié zhēn wěi , jiù duì tā men sā huǎng , zài dào yì shàng shì zhàn bù zhù de 。
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4.
Lawyers for Mosley told the court that News of the World was guilty of "a gross and indefensible intrusion of his private life" .
莫斯利的律师向法庭陈述说，《世界新闻报》“显而易见且毫无疑问的干涉了莫斯利的私生活。”
mò sī lì de lǜ shī xiàng fǎ tíng chén shù shuō , 《 shì jiè xīn wén bào 》 " xiǎn ér yì jiàn qiě háo wú yí wèn de gān shè le mò sī lì de sī shēng huó 。 "
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The war over Washington's new steel tariffs is about more than the global industry's ability to survive a set of indefensible duties.
由华盛顿新颁布的钢铁关税而引起的战争不仅仅是全球钢铁工业有无能力在一系列不合理的关税中存活下来的战争；
yóu huá shèng dùn xīn bān bù de gāng tiě guān shuì ér yǐn qǐ de zhàn zhēng bù jǐn jǐn shì quán qiú gāng tiě gōng yè yǒu wú néng lì zài yí xì liè bù hé lǐ de guān shuì zhōng cún huó xià lái de zhàn zhēng ;
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But at a time when the western world is battling to defend free speech against religious zealotry, they look particularly indefensible .
但每次当西方社会奋起身来为他们的言论自由辩护以反抗宗教狂热时，他们看起来却是那么的无言以辩。
dàn měi cì dāng xī fāng shè huì fèn qǐ shēn lái wèi tā men de yán lùn zì yóu biàn hù yǐ fǎn kàng zōng jiào kuáng rè shí , tā men kàn qǐ lái què shì nà me de wú yán yǐ biàn 。
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It was neither here nor there, however: Mr Madoff's conduct was ultimately indefensible and he deserved what he got.
这并不重要，但是，马多夫先生的行为最终是别人无法为他辩护的，他罪有应得。
zhè bìng bù zhòng yào , dàn shì , mǎ duō fū xiān sheng de xíng wéi zuì zhōng shì bié rén wú fǎ wèi tā biàn hù de , tā zuì yǒu yīng dé 。
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Those lines, he said, are "indefensible. "
他表示，那些边境线是“站不住脚的。”
tā biǎo shì , nà xiē biān jìng xiàn shì " zhàn bù zhù jiǎo de 。 "
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The 1967 border, he said, was "indefensible" ; Israel at its narrowest point, pre-1967, was only "nine miles wide" .
内塔尼亚胡总理说，1967年的边界协定是“无法成立的”。在1967年以前，以色列最窄的地方只有“9英里宽”。
nèi tǎ ní yà hú zǒng lǐ shuō , yī jiǔ liù qī nián de biān jiè xié dìng shì " wú fǎ chéng lì de " 。 zài yī jiǔ liù qī nián yǐ qián , yǐ sè liè zuì zhǎi de dì fang zhǐ yǒu " jiǔ yīng lǐ kuān " 。
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10.
That person is certainly an indefensible of, so the medicine store owner make out right? Does he stop a murderous way how you see?
那个人当然是理亏的，那么药店老板做得对吗？他制止谋杀的办法你怎么看？
nà ge rén dāng rán shì lǐ kuī de , nà me yào diàn lǎo bǎn zuò de duì ma ? tā zhì zhǐ móu shā de bàn fǎ nǐ zěn me kàn ?
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