invulnerability

/ɪnˌvʌlnərəˈbɪləti/ (bre, ipa) · [ˌɪnvˌʌlnɚəbˈɪlɪti] /ɪnˌvʌlnərəˈbɪləti/ (ame, ipa) · [ˌɪnvˌʌlnɚəbˈɪlɪti] /(¦)in How to pronounce invulnerability (audio) ən+/ (ame, mw)

invulnerability — noun

1. a state in which a person, place, or system seems beyond injury, damage, or defe

1.名詞C2
釋義

a state in which a person, place, or system seems beyond injury, damage, or defeat.

例句

The thick steel door gave the bunker a sense of invulnerability.

sense of invulnerability

After three easy wins, Sofie confused good luck with invulnerability.

confuse luck with invulnerability

同義詞
  • invincibility

    more dramatic and especially used for people or teams that cannot be beaten

  • immunity

    narrower and usually limited to one threat such as disease or punishment

  • security

    more practical and focused on protection being in place rather than harm being impossible

反義詞
  • vulnerability

    the state of being open to harm or attack

  • exposure

    lack of protection against a danger

  • fragility

    easy to damage because something is weak or delicate

文法句型

sense / feeling / illusion of invulnerability

invulnerability to + noun phrase

maintain an image of invulnerability

lose a sense of invulnerability

用法筆記

Often appears after nouns like 'sense', 'feeling', and 'illusion' when someone wrongly believes nothing can hurt them. It also commonly takes 'to' when the danger is named.

常見錯誤

❌After the election, the mayor seemed to have invulnerability.
✅After the election, the mayor seemed invulnerable.
💡Use the adjective after linking verbs like 'seem'; the noun is more natural in phrases such as 'a sense of invulnerability'.
❌The wall had invulnerability to bombs.
✅The wall gave the fort a sense of invulnerability.
💡Invulnerability usually names a quality or impression, not a basic feature that something simply 'has'.