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单词 incurable
释义
incurable
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈkjʊə.rə.bəl/us
/ɪnˈkjʊr.ə.bəl/

incurableadjective(DISEASE)

C2
notableto becured:
无法治愈的
Parkinson'sdiseaseis adebilitatingand incurablediseaseof thenervoussystem.帕金森氏综合征是一种使人虚弱、无法治愈的神经系统疾病。
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Disease & illness - general words
  • acute
  • aggressiveness
  • autoimmune disease
  • bilharzia
  • bluetongue
  • calculus
  • CFS
  • hypochondriac
  • iatrogenic
  • ill health
  • impairment
  • incurably
  • outbreak
  • pathology
  • pathway
  • terminally
  • uncomplicated
  • variant
  • worried well
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incurableadjective(PERSONALITY)

[usually before noun]
used to say that someone 'spersonalitytypedoes notchangeor cannot bechanged:
（人的个性）不会改变的，无可救药的
an incurableromantic/optimist/pessimist无可救药的浪漫主义者／乐天派／悲观主义者
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Not able to be changed
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  • congenital
  • continuity
  • deep-seated
  • incorrigible
  • incurably
  • inelastic
  • inelasticity
  • inflexible
  • irreversible
  • irreversibly
  • irrevocable
  • irrevocably
  • leopard
  • unadaptable
  • unalterable
  • unchangeable
  • uncompromising
  • uncompromisingly
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Related word

incurably
(Definition ofincurablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

incurable| American Dictionary

incurable
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ɪnˈkjʊr·ə·bəl/
notableto becured:
Beforeantibioticsthediseasewas incurable.
If youdescribesomeone as incurable, youmeanthat nothing thathappenscanchangesomething about theperson:
Marjorie is an incurableoptimist.
(Definition ofincurablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofincurable

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I sincerely hope that such hospitals will not be called homes for incurables.
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They should not be regarded as mere homes for chronics or incurables.
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Many of them who go into homes for incurables would be found to be quite capable of rehabilitation if an enterprising medical staff were appointed.
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A "white elephant" house would hardly be used as a home for incurables or an institution with the object of losing money or not making money.
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They always say that about incurables.
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He had been examined by the staff of that hospital who had promptly sent him to a home for incurables which the other hospital had recommended.
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Living with anincurableform of cancer forced patients into a heightened awareness of their mortality.
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Critics of treatment for inhibitingincurabledisease and infertility.
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There could be a temptation, on the part of some, to dismiss this as the thinking of anincurableromantic or a committed ideologue.
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Have you ever stopped medical treatment of a patient who had anincurabledisease?
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In conclusion, although the recruitment process was challenging, a high proportion of theincurablecancer patients were interested in attending structured exercise.
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Among the general population, 73% of participants answered that they "want to know" about their disease and prognosis when in anincurabledisease state.
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A patient suffering from a severe,incurablephysical illness asks his doctor to administer drugs to provoke his death direct active euthanasia!.
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Who do you primarily notify about disease and prognosis when a patient in your care has anincurabledisease?
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Experimental therapies are increasingly perceived not as a highly problematic approach but as a near-standard way to deal withincurablecancer.
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