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单词 unbribable
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unbribableadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbrʌɪbəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈbraɪbəb(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s– unbribable, 1600s– unbribeable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, bribe v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + bribe v. + -able suffix. Compare later bribable adj.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 368 Though it be cry'd up for impartial and unbribeable, yet I do not see but in many 'tis erroneous, mutable, and uncertain.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Eusebius of Caesarea in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 291 God is..the Head or Leader of all Good, Unbribable.
1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 304 The impartial and unbribable beneficence of Nature.
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner II. 169 My object is..to draw his real likeness with the unbribable fidelity of a photograph.
1893 E. Saltus Madam Sapphira 166 Beyond that we won't go. The unbribable Comstock won't let us.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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