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词汇 irretrievable
释义 irretrievable
adjective
uk /ˌɪr.ɪˈtriː.və.bəl/ us /ˌɪr.əˈtriː.və.bəl/
impossible to correct or return to a previously existing situation or condition: 无法纠正的,不能恢复的,无法挽救的
I agree things look difficult, but the situation is far from 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。
The couple separated on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown (of their marriage).这对夫妇因(婚姻)关系破裂无法挽回而分居。
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irretrievably

irretrievable | Business English


irretrievable
adjective
uk /ˌɪrɪˈtriːvəbl/us
used to describe something that is impossible to correct or return to a previously good condition or situation:
an irretrievable situation

irretrievably


The insurance company will pay if your wedding photographs are irretrievably damaged.

Examples of irretrievable


irretrievable
Your existence on earth comes to an end with the permanent and irretrievable loss of the ability to think of yourself from the first person.
And since the order of play is irretrievable from the normal form representation, it follows that this representation cannot always describe extensive games exactly.
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'.
Marital conflict was not unusual, but irretrievable marriage breakdown marked the couples it affected as exceptional.
This response to a crisis in the balance between population and natural resources can preserve the resources from irretrievable depletion.
Identities, beliefs and other types of 'meaning' are frequently disparaged as irrelevancies, irretrievable, or inevitably tainted by observer-dependent effects.
Conversely, new complements are also often introduced by that-complementizers, as can be seen from the high number of that-clauses conveying irretrievable states-of-affairs.
If a farmer fails to purchase fertilizer or pesticides for his standing crop, output loss may be irretrievable.
In short, most schools of architecture find themselves in an intractable position (which is possibly irretrievable in the short term).
The larger requirements in 1995 (when the crop was affected by disease) may have arisen indirectly, through decreased grain filling and an increase in irretrievable grains at harvest.
Is it axiomatic that separation for two years proves irretrievable breakdown?
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He says that the acquis communautaire is in essence an irretrievable process—an irrecoverable process.
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The firm and irretrievable conclusion is that it was not a runner in this country—neither practical nor desirable.
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With regard to those that are irretrievable, 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 the irretrievable breakdown of marriage.
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