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发音：[ɪˈrep(ə)rəb(ə)l]
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例句：
- The word “Irreparable” is used to describe something that cannot be repaired, restored, or fixed to its original state or condition.
- The financial losses due to the pandemic were so great that they caused irreparable damage to many small businesses.
- Although we can never undo the irreparable damage inflicted on indigenous peoples, we can do our best to respect their lands, empower our communities and acknowledge the truth behind our shared history.
- The ecosystem suffered irreparable damage due to the oil spill that disrupted the natural balance of the environment.
- In that case, lawyers for TikTok argued that the administration’s app-store ban would infringe on First Amendment rights and do irreparable harm to the business.
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解释：
- Irreparable这个单词为形容词，其表示“not capable of being repaired, restored, or fixed to its original condition”这一含义，即“无法弥补的/不能修复的/不可恢复的”，与irreversible/irremediable这些单词构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- The athlete’s injury was deemed irreparable, so their career as a professional player was cut short.（运动员的伤势被认为是无法弥补的，因此他们作为职业球员的职业生涯被缩短了。）
—Sports - The decision to invest in a failing industry proved to be an irreparable mistake for the company’s finances.（事实证明，投资一个失败行业的决定对公司的财务状况来说是一个无法弥补的错误。）
—Business - New South Wales passed the law in June to acknowledge the cultural and heritage significance of the animals, but researchers say that the rising population of horses is causing “potentially irreparable damage” to fragile ecosystems.（新南威尔士州于六月通过了这项法律，承认这些动物的文化和遗产意义，但研究人员表示，马匹数量的增加正在对脆弱的生态系统造成“潜在的无法弥补的损害”。）
—Science - The decision to change the ending of the film was a mistake that caused irreparable harm to the story’s integrity.（改变电影结局的决定是一个错误，对故事的完整性造成了无法弥补的伤害。）
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