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单词 incorrigible
释义
incorrigiblein‧cor‧ri‧gi‧ble /ɪnˈkɒrədʒəbəl $ -ˈkɔː-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINincorrigible
Origin:
1300-1400 Late Latin incorrigibilis, from Latin corrigere ‘to correct’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • an incorrigible criminal
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And even Cotton Fitzsimmons, an incorrigible optimist by nature, seemed to buy into that at least a little bit.
  • First, women were probably regarded as more hopelessly incorrigible, more totally irredeemable when fallen.
  • He has an incorrigible fondness for persons of low birth and spends most of the day with them.
  • He was an incorrigible liar too.
  • Then she said I was incorrigible, and I said that was a compliment.
  • To the adults of the town, he was incorrigible.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
someone who is incorrigible is bad in a way that cannot be changed or improved – often used humorouslyan incorrigible liar/rogue etc Peter, you are an incorrigible flirt!incorrigibly adverb
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