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单词 incorrigible
释义
incorrigible
adjective
mainlyhumorous
uk
/ɪnˈkɒr.ə.dʒə.bəl/us
/ɪnˈkɔːr.ə.dʒə.bəl/
An incorrigiblepersonor incorrigiblebehaviourisbadandimpossibletochangeorimprove:
不可救药的
an incorrigibleliar/rogue不可救药的说谎者／无赖
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Bad and wrong behaviour
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(Definition ofincorrigiblefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

incorrigible| American Dictionary

incorrigible
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ɪnˈkɔr·ɪ·dʒə·bəl,-ˈkɑr-/
(ofpeopleandtheirbehavior)impossibletoimproveorcorrect:
an incorrigibleliar
(Definition ofincorrigiblefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofincorrigible

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With recidivism often seen as one of the signs of the 'incorrigible', petty property offenders were thus particularly vulnerable to be singled out.
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The singers prove variouslyincorrigible, and the control room has to accept less than adequate performances from them, which are emended through electronic intervention.
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In addition, a number of articles raised the spectre of the 'incorrigible' prisoner.
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Many prison officials agreed that, as long as security confinement had not become law, 'incorrigible' inmates should at least be excluded from most benefits.
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The centre asked the provinces to take back their prisoners, starting with the ill, infirm andincorrigible.
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By contrast, 'incorrigiblehabitual criminals ' had to be isolated indefinitely, in most cases until their death.
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The classification as an 'incorrigible' could not only influence the treatment of prisoners during their sentence.
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We expect that participants who are labeled asincorrigiblewill be particularly involved in authority conflict behaviors.
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However, the number ofincorrigibleboys was only 10, so conclusions are tentative.
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Officials would be, collectively at least,incorrigibleon the meaning of precedent; yet they are not.
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Those prisoners regarded as 'incorrigible' often faced the harsh conditions on stage one during their entire sentence.
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Thus, from 1933, measures against 'incorrigible' prisoners went hand in hand with the stricter treatment of all inmates, while the call for the rehabilitation of ' reformable ' prisoners was largely ignored.
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As we had expected, victims who were alsoincorrigiblewere all involved in authority conflict behavior, with all of them reaching the highest step of authority avoidance.
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Viernstein claimed in 1930 in several high profile lectures that half of all inmates were 'incorrigible', mostly on hereditary grounds.
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War service might be invoked in the courts as a reason either for condemning further the apparentlyincorrigibleor for giving a chance to the penitent.
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