imprescriptible
英 [,ɪmprɪ'skrɪptɪb(ə)l]
美
- adj. 不受法令约束或支配的；不可剥夺的，不可侵犯的
英文词源
- imprescriptible (adj.)
- "inalienable, not subject to prescription," 1560s, French imprescriptible (16c.) or a native formation from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + Latin praescriptus, past participle of praescribere "to write beforehand" (see prescribe). Usually with right. Alternative imprescribable is attested from 1887.
