| 单词 | irreversible |
| 释义 | irreversible (once / 9441 pages) adj If you can't undo something, it's irreversible. Time is always irreversible, as is the damage done to your skin by too much sun, so be sure to wear sunblock! While you see reverse inside of this word, you wouldn't use it to describe a car that can't go backwards. However, if the car was in an accident and cannot be fixed, you could say that the damage done to the car was pretty much irreversible, in other words the car is totaled. WORD FAMILYirreversible: irreversibility, irreversibly+/reversal: reversals/reverse: reversal, reversed, reversely, reversible, reversing/reversible: irreversible, nonreversible, reversibility, reversibles, reversibly USAGE EXAMPLESBut the authors also note that the trend is not inevitable or irreversible. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) Secretary of State John Kerry says expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem are leading to an “irreversible one-state reality.” Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Heart attacks, or “myocardial infarctions,” refer to any irreversible cell death to the muscle of the heart. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) adj incapable of being reversed irreversible momentum toward revolution Syn|Ant permanent not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition reversible capable of reversing or being reversed correctablecapable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent rechargeablecapable of being recharged |
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