| 单词 | irredeemable |
| 释义 | irredeemable (once / 17305 pages) 1adj 2adj If something is beyond all hope, you can describe it as irredeemable — like your disastrously bad performance at the school talent show. Use the adjective irredeemable when there's no way to fix or save a person or situation. You could describe your aunt whose house is so full of stuffed animals that the door barely opens as an irredeemable hoarder, or your friend's cheap jewelry as irredeemable junk. It comes from the word redeem, which is related to redemption, whose root word is the Latin redimere, "buy back." WORD FAMILYirredeemable: irredeemably+/deem: deemed, deeming, deems, redeem/redeem: redeemable, redeemed, redeemer, redeeming, redeems, redemption, redemptive, redemptory/redeemable: irredeemable, unredeemable/redeemed: unredeemed/redeemer: redeemers/redeeming: redeemingly/redemption: redemptional, redemptions/redemptive: redemptively/unredeemable: unredeemably/unredeemed: unredeemedly USAGE EXAMPLESYou cannot fete Castro as a noble failure while deriding Tony Blair as irredeemable. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) Some have argued that casting a vote for Trump, given the hateful rhetoric he employed during his campaign, is irredeemable. Slate(Nov 17, 2016) “This just absolutely confirmed it ... They are irredeemable monsters.” The Guardian(Nov 16, 2016) 1 adj insusceptible of reform 2irredeemable sinners Syn irreclaimable, unredeemable, unreformable wicked morally bad in principle or practice adj (of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder Syn inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value |
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