| 单词 | irrevocable |
| 释义 | irrevocable (once / 1786 pages) adj If you're on a diet but eat one tiny piece of chocolate, it might start an irrevocable slide into bad eating. Describe something as irrevocable if it cannot be undone or taken back. If you break down irrevocable, you wind up with ir "not," re "back" and vocable from the Latin vocare "to call." So if something is irrevocable, you cannot call it back — it is permanent. You must fulfill an irrevocable promise and live with an irrevocable decision. A law is irrevocable if it states within the law that it cannot be nullified. Now that's final! WORD FAMILYirrevocable: irrevocably+/revocable: irrevocable/revocation: revocations/revokable: irrevokable/revoke: revocable, revocation, revokable, revoked, revokes, revoking USAGE EXAMPLESLike the film’s title character, the artist, Tyrus Wong, weathered irrevocable separation from his mother, incarceration, isolation and rigorous interrogation — all as a child. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) While immaturity and laziness are inextricably linked, neither is irrevocable. Seattle Times(Dec 12, 2016) Gifts to donor-advised funds are irrevocable, and the money in those funds grows tax-free. Wall Street Journal(Dec 12, 2016) adj incapable of being retracted or revoked "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare Syn|Ant irrevokable sealed determined irrevocably revocable, revokable capable of being revoked or annulled rescindable, voidablecapable of being rescinded or voided reversiblecapable of being reversed |
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