| 单词 | irretrievable |
| 释义 | irretrievable (once / 3996 pages) adj Irretrievable means something that can’t be retrieved or recovered. If you have irretrievable memory loss, it means you'll never get your memories back. Golden retrievers are dogs who love to play fetch — they retrieve the ball, or bring it back over and over again. But if the ball gets stuck in a tree, they will just stand there, helplessly waiting for it to fall. Try to explain it a Golden Retriever in Latin: they are not ir- going to be able -able to get -retrieve- that ball = it is ir-retriev-able. If you suffer an irretrievable loss — like the death of someone you are close to — that means a loss you may never recover from. WORD FAMILYirretrievable: irretrievably+/retrievable: irretrievable, unretrievable/retrieval: retrievals/retrieve: retrievable, retrieval, retrieved, retriever, retrieves, retrieving/retriever: retrievers USAGE EXAMPLESYet his real message is that what’s lost need not be irretrievable. Slate(Nov 30, 2016) There’s a kindness in the face of irretrievable loss. Los Angeles Times(Nov 10, 2016) But only rarely is it productively accidental, enchantingly dreamlike and charged with a palpable but irretrievable meaning. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) adj impossible to recover or recoup or overcome an irretrievable loss irretrievable errors in judgment Syn unretrievable irrecoverable, unrecoverable incapable of being recovered or regained |
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