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单词 unrevivable
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unrevivableadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈvʌɪvəbl/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈvaɪvəb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, revivable adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + revivable adj.
Not revivable.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > legally invalid or faulty > that has come to an end > that cannot be revived
unrevivable1759
1759 W. Lewis in tr. C. Neumann Chem. Wks. Index sig. 4H4v/1 Calces..a part unrevivable.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. vii. 171 When I say unrevivable, I mean by common law.
1887 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 1886–7 4 529 After an interval of less than three weeks, all the ideas that had been impressed on S—t proved to be forgotten and unrevivable.
1945 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 June 786/2 No-one could tell whether a border-line case was already dead (i.e., unrevivable) unless the best method had been tried properly and failed.
2014 T. S. Hischak in J. H. Richards & H. S. Nathans Oxf. Handbk. Amer. Drama xii. 199 It is only the score that soars and without it Anything Goes would be unrevivable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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