释义 |
irrecoverableir‧re‧cov‧er‧a‧ble /ˌɪrɪˈkʌvərəbəl◂/ adjective formal - Any advance paid, however, would be irrecoverable.
- Assuming the past is irrecoverable, the obvious fall-back positions are ethnicity and religion, singly or in combination.
- In the process, many irrecoverable secrets of nature are being lost for ever.
- In this case, however, Jane Austen does not assume that past values are irrecoverable.
- The investment is measured in terms of the irrecoverable time and expenses involved in the learning process.
- There are critical windows of time during which maturation must be achieved; failure of maturation is to some extent irrecoverable.
something that is irrecoverable is lost or has gone and you cannot get it back: irrecoverable loss of sight The insurance premium is wholly irrecoverable. |