indomitable

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈdɒmɪtəbl/
🔊/ɪnˈdɑːmɪtəbl/
(formal, approving)
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  1. not willing to accept defeat, even in a difficult situation; very brave and determined不屈不挠的;勇敢坚定的
    • an indomitable spirit不屈不挠的精神
    • an indomitable campaigner for human rights不屈不挠的人权运动家
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIndomitable is used with these nouns:
    • spirit
    • will
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    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘untameable’): from late Latin indomitabilis, from in- ‘not’ + Latin domitare ‘to tame’.