不可补救的;无法挽回的;无法修复的(常指错误、损失、伤害或局面严重到无法通过补救措施恢复原状)。也可见较少用法指“无法治疗的”。
/ˌɪrɪˈmiːdiəbəl/
The mistake caused irremediable damage to their trust.
这个错误对他们之间的信任造成了无法挽回的伤害。
By the time the warning signs were recognized, the river’s ecosystem was already irremediable, and the community had to rebuild its future around that loss.
等到人们意识到这些警示信号时,河流生态系统已经无法修复,社区只能在这份损失的基础上重建未来。
来自拉丁语词根 remedium(“治疗、补救办法”),加上否定前缀 **ir-**(“不、非”)与形容词后缀 -able(“能够……的”),字面含义是“不能被补救的”,引申为“不可挽回的”。