unalienable

UK/ʌn'eɪlɪənəb(ə)l/US/,ʌn'eiljәnәbl/

Definitions

adj.

Impossible to take away or transfer (variant of inalienable)

不可剥夺的，不可让与的（inalienable 的变体）

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

un-not, reversal

aliother, another

-ento put into, to cause

-ablecapable of, worthy of

=unalienable

un- ('not') + alienable: the older spelling of inalienable, preserved in the US Declaration of Independence ('certain unalienable Rights'). Same meaning as inalienable.

Root ali still carries 27 more words

Common Collocations

1.unalienable rights不可剥夺的权利
2.unalienable freedom不可剥夺的自由

Example Sentences

1.
The Declaration speaks of certain unalienable rights.
2.
They argued these freedoms were unalienable.

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