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单词 unshakeable
释义 unˈshakeable, a.
(un-1 7 b.)
1611Cotgr., Inescroulable, vnshakeable.1621S. Ward Happiness of Practice 16 The wise, that build on the Rocke of Doing, vnshakeable.a1715South Serm. IV. viii. 328 A Bottom so firm and sure for Christianity to rest upon, that it cannot be placed upon a surer and more unshakable.1866Hare Guesses 106 There is still one rock indeed, stout and bold and unshakable as can be desired.1890Times 6 Feb. 5/1 He is Stambouloff's brother-in-law, and consequently unshakeable in his post.
b. Of belief, conviction, etc.
a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. 1687 I. 471 To express..his unshakeable Faith in God..under so fierce a trial.1711in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 188 This fundation of unshakeable patience.1805Southey Madoc. ii. xxvii. 377 With..unshakeable resolve My soul maintains its purpose.1891Farrar Darkn. & Dawn xviii, To these good Christians that doctrine was an unshakeable conviction.
Hence ˌunshak(e)aˈbility; unˈshakeably adv.
1864Hawthorne S. Felton (1872) 167 Desire nothing too fervently, not even life; yet keep thy hold upon it..unshakably.1907W. James in Philos. Rev. Jan. 9 The result claimed [from yoga, etc.]..is strength of character, personal power, unshakability of soul.1952Gerth & Martindale tr. Weber's Ancient Judaism xv. 387 The complete unshakability of its communities by the foreign environment from which they segregated themselves.
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