inviolableとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ɪnˈvaɪələbl̩/
• ハイフネーション: in‧vi‧o‧la‧ble

形容詞

inviolable (comparative more inviolable, superlative most inviolable)

1. Not violable; not to be infringed.

   Synonyms: unbreakable, unbreachable, infrangible

   Antonyms: (incapable of being complied) incompliable, (capable of being violated) violable, (capable of being violated) breakable

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 842–844:

     But come, for thou, be ſure, ſhalt give account / To him who ſent us, whoſe charge is to keep / This place inviolable, and therefore theſe from harm.

   • a. 1682, Sir Thomas Browne, “Christian Morals”, in Henry Gardiner, editor, Religio Medici, together with a Letter to a Friend on the Death of His Intimate Friend and Christian Morals, London: W. Pickering, published 1845, part III, page 337:

     But honeſt men’s words are Stygian oaths, and promiſes inviolable.

   • 1828, Thomas Castaly, “The Recorder”, in Fanny with Other Poems, page 87:

     One more request, and I am lost, / If you its earnest prayer deny ; / It is, that you preserve the most / Inviolable secrecy / As to my plan.

   • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎:

     "Now, Mr. Jones, having obtained your promise of inviolable secrecy, I come down to the essential point."

   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Charter Governing Citizens of Aya, Revised, Task: Laws and Customs:

     "As defined by the first founders of Aya, this world and all who live on it agree to abide by the laws, customs, and regulations of a civilized society that has existed for centuries on other worlds. These rules of conduct ensure a voice for each family within our society and gives them certain inviolable rights..."

2. Not susceptible to violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.

   Synonyms: holy, sacred, sacrosanct

   Antonym: violable

3. Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible.

   Synonyms: invincible, unassailable

   Antonym: invadable

派生語

参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “inviolable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “inviolable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.