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词汇 irreparable
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Definition of irreparable in English:

irreparable

adjective ɪˈrɛp(ə)rəb(ə)lɪ(r)ˈrɛp(ə)rəb(ə)l
  • (of an injury or loss) impossible to rectify or repair.

    (伤口或损失)无法弥补的;无可挽救的;不能修复的

    they were doing irreparable damage to my heart and lungs

    它们对我的心脏和肺部造成无可挽回的损伤。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But if the allegation was true and a bishop acted too slowly, irreparable damage may be caused to the victims.
    • Its appointment would do irreparable harm to the cause of the Chief Justice, those lawyers said.
    • It would be an irreparable loss to science if they should get away.
    • Last year's construction caused irreparable harm to some of the family farms there.
    • The pictures of petrol-bomb hurling youths that flashed round the world more than a year ago did irreparable harm to the city's image.
    • Even before the oath of 1790 further irreparable losses had been sustained, not all of them material.
    • My personal fear is that untold irreparable damage will be done.
    • Two different judges in those three separate hearings have said no irreparable harm is being done.
    • Will the applicants suffer irreparable harm uncompensable by money damages if the relief sought is not granted?
    • Foot-and-mouth may have already caused irreparable archaeological loss.
    • Murphy has pointed out that this implies enduring and irreparable harm, and that it may be narrower than the judicial elaborations on the old law.
    • Now, some people will insist that massive strokes leave irreparable injuries to the brain.
    • Mr Devereux said as well as a huge financial loss some of the damage was irreparable.
    • R.J.R. MacDonald described permanent market loss as an example of irreparable harm.
    • The rest of the night I sit there, wondering if I've done something irreparable, lost something irretrievable.
    • He was a noble son of the earth and his death was an irreparable loss to mankind.
    • Thirty years of civil war have done irreparable harm to Sri Lanka.
    • The whole nation mourned the irreparable loss as Nelson laid peacefully in his sarcophagus.
    • We are doomed to choose, and every choice may entail an irreparable loss.
    • Such interim measures may be taken in order to prevent serious and irreparable harm to any person, or general damage to the public interest.
    Synonyms
    irreversible, irremediable, unrectifiable, irrevocable, irretrievable, irredeemable, unrestorable, irrecoverable, unrecoverable, unrepairable, beyond repair, past mending
    hopeless, past hope, beyond hope
    written off

Derivatives

  • irreparableness

  • noun
  • irreparability

  • nounɪrɛp(ə)rəˈbɪlɪtiˌɪ(r)ˌrɛp(ə)rəˈbɪlədi
    • Not surprisingly, Arendt names him as one who was aware of ‘the irreparability of the break in tradition’.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin irreparabilis, from in- 'not' + reparabilis (see reparable).

Definition of irreparable in US English:

irreparable

adjectiveɪ(r)ˈrɛp(ə)rəb(ə)li(r)ˈrep(ə)rəb(ə)l
  • (of an injury or loss) impossible to rectify or repair.

    (伤口或损失)无法弥补的;无可挽救的;不能修复的

    they were doing irreparable damage to my heart and lungs

    它们对我的心脏和肺部造成无可挽回的损伤。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Murphy has pointed out that this implies enduring and irreparable harm, and that it may be narrower than the judicial elaborations on the old law.
    • Will the applicants suffer irreparable harm uncompensable by money damages if the relief sought is not granted?
    • Its appointment would do irreparable harm to the cause of the Chief Justice, those lawyers said.
    • R.J.R. MacDonald described permanent market loss as an example of irreparable harm.
    • Foot-and-mouth may have already caused irreparable archaeological loss.
    • The rest of the night I sit there, wondering if I've done something irreparable, lost something irretrievable.
    • Even before the oath of 1790 further irreparable losses had been sustained, not all of them material.
    • But if the allegation was true and a bishop acted too slowly, irreparable damage may be caused to the victims.
    • Last year's construction caused irreparable harm to some of the family farms there.
    • We are doomed to choose, and every choice may entail an irreparable loss.
    • Two different judges in those three separate hearings have said no irreparable harm is being done.
    • The pictures of petrol-bomb hurling youths that flashed round the world more than a year ago did irreparable harm to the city's image.
    • Mr Devereux said as well as a huge financial loss some of the damage was irreparable.
    • Thirty years of civil war have done irreparable harm to Sri Lanka.
    • He was a noble son of the earth and his death was an irreparable loss to mankind.
    • It would be an irreparable loss to science if they should get away.
    • Now, some people will insist that massive strokes leave irreparable injuries to the brain.
    • My personal fear is that untold irreparable damage will be done.
    • Such interim measures may be taken in order to prevent serious and irreparable harm to any person, or general damage to the public interest.
    • The whole nation mourned the irreparable loss as Nelson laid peacefully in his sarcophagus.
    Synonyms
    irreversible, irremediable, unrectifiable, irrevocable, irretrievable, irredeemable, unrestorable, irrecoverable, unrecoverable, unrepairable, beyond repair, past mending

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin irreparabilis, from in- ‘not’ + reparabilis (see reparable).

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