单词 | unchallenged |
释义 | unchallenged (ʌntʃælɪndʒd ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE after verb, ADJECTIVE noun, verb-link ADJECTIVE] When something goes unchallenged or is unchallenged, people accept it without asking questions about whether it is right or wrong. These views have not gone unchallenged. She couldn't let that pass unchallenged. ...the unchallenged principle of parliamentary sovereignty. His integrity was unchallenged. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun, ADJECTIVE after verb, verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you say that someone's position of authority is unchallenged, you mean that it is strong and no one tries to replace them. He is the unchallenged leader of the strongest republic. ...the man who has led his party unchallenged for over thirty years. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE after verb] If you do something unchallenged, nobody stops you and asks you questions, for example about who you are or why you are doing it. I managed to walk around unchallenged for 10 minutes before an alert nurse spotted me. Collocations: virtually unchallenged Each ruled the city virtually unchallenged for more than 20 years. Times, Sunday Times You can dominate the centre of politics virtually unchallenged. Times, Sunday Times It was virtually unchallenged until 1914. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 未受到过质疑的 Japanese: 挑戦されていない |
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