irrevocable

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ir·rev·o·ca·ble /ɪˈrevəkəbəl/ adjectiveadj

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 adverbadv

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

Examples from the Corpus

irrevocable• Her 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 Dictionary

irrevocableir·rev·o·ca·ble /ɪˈrevəkəbəl/ adjectiveadj

impossible to change or stop

The harm he had caused was substantial and irrevocable.

Origin irrevocable

(1300-1400) Latin irrevocabilis, from revocare; → REVOKE

ir·rev·o·ca·ble adjectiveadj

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