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单词 irretrievable
释义
irretrievable
adjective
uk
/ˌɪr.ɪˈtriː.və.bəl/us
/ˌɪr.əˈtriː.və.bəl/
impossibletocorrectorreturnto apreviouslyexistingsituationorcondition:
无法纠正的，不能恢复的，无法挽救的
Iagreethingslookdifficult, but thesituationisfarfrom irretrievable.我承认情况看起来不妙，但局势还远远没到无法挽救的地步。
Thecoupleseparatedon thegroundsof irretrievablebreakdown(oftheirmarriage).这对夫妇因（婚姻）关系破裂无法挽回而分居。
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(Definition ofirretrievablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

irretrievable| Business English

irretrievable
adjective
uk
/ˌɪrɪˈtriːvəbl/us
used todescribesomething that isimpossibletocorrectorreturnto apreviouslygoodconditionorsituation:
anirretrievablesituation

irretrievably

Theinsurancecompanywillpayifyourweddingphotographsare irretrievablydamaged.
(Definition ofirretrievablefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofirretrievable

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Your existence on earth comes to an end with the permanent andirretrievableloss of the ability to think of yourself from the first person.
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And since the order of play isirretrievablefrom the normal form representation, it follows that this representation cannot always describe extensive games exactly.
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It distinguishes between two types of new (irretrievable) information, viz. 'brand-new' and 'new-anchored', and three types of givenness, viz. 'inferrable', 'textually evoked', and 'situationally evoked'.
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Marital conflict was not unusual, butirretrievablemarriage breakdown marked the couples it affected as exceptional.
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This response to a crisis in the balance between population and natural resources can preserve the resources fromirretrievabledepletion.
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Identities, beliefs and other types of 'meaning' are frequently disparaged as irrelevancies,irretrievable, or inevitably tainted by observer-dependent effects.
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Conversely, new complements are also often introduced by that-complementizers, as can be seen from the high number of that-clauses conveyingirretrievablestates-of-affairs.
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If a farmer fails to purchase fertilizer or pesticides for his standing crop, output loss may beirretrievable.
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In short, most schools of architecture find themselves in an intractable position (which is possiblyirretrievablein the short term).
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The larger requirements in 1995 (when the crop was affected by disease) may have arisen indirectly, through decreased grain filling and an increase inirretrievablegrains at harvest.
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Is it axiomatic that separation for two years provesirretrievablebreakdown?
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He says that the acquis communautaire is in essence anirretrievableprocess—an irrecoverable process.
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The firm andirretrievableconclusion is that it was not a runner in this country—neither practical nor desirable.
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With regard to those that areirretrievable, as some probably are, we will have to be clear that no progress can be made.
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Clause 53 reduces the periods of separation required to establish theirretrievablebreakdown of marriage.
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