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irrevocable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ir·rev·o·ca·ble /ɪˈrevəkəbəl/ adjective  CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENTan irrevocable decision, action etc cannot be changed or stopped 〔决定、行动等〕不可更改的,不可取消的,不可撤回的 Think about the situation carefully before you take an irrevocable step. 在你踏出不能回头的一步之前要三思。irrevocably adverb machines that irrevocably changed the pattern of rural life 使乡村生活模式发生不可逆转的变化的机械
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irrevocableHer decision was immediate and irrevocable.Although the wife was in desertion, nevertheless it must be remembered that desertion is never irrevocable.The process, it would seem, is not yet irrevocable.Old age was a phase of irrevocable and inevitable decline.I posted the letter, then realized that what I had done was irrevocable, and that I couldn't change my mind now.Provision must be made for the irrevocable emergency destruction of stored, undelivered messages, where necessary and when needed.Following consolidation, farmers would have irrevocable freehold tenure to their land.There were marches and fires and fistfights, and an irrevocable taking of sides.
From Longman Business Dictionaryirrevocableir‧rev‧o‧ca‧ble /ɪˈrevəkəbəl/ adjective impossible to change or stopThe harm he had caused was substantial and irrevocable.Origin irrevocable (1300-1400) Latin irrevocabilis, from revocare; → REVOKE
decision, an changed be action etc stopped cannot Corpus or irrevocable Business


irrevocable
irrevocable /ɪˈrevəkəbəl/ adjective
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Latin
 Origin: irrevocabilis, from revocare; revoke
an irrevocable decision, action etc cannot be changed or stopped:
    Think about the situation carefully before you take an irrevocable step.
—irrevocably adverb:
    machines that irrevocably changed the pattern of rural life


ir·rev·oc·ableBrE /ɪˈrevəkəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈrevəkəbl/ 🔊 adjective (formal) that cannot be changed 无法改变的;不可更改的 SYN final an irrevocable decision/step 最后的决定/一步 ir·rev·oc·ably BrE /ɪˈrevəkəbli/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈrevəkəbli/ 🔊 adverbirrevocably committed义无反顾地献身