incurable

[US]/ɪnˈkjuərəbl/
[UK]/ɪnˈkjʊrəbəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 無法治癒的,不可救藥的
n. 無法治癒,不可救藥
adv. 無法治癒地,不可救藥地
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

incurable disease

不治之症

incurable illness

無法治癒的疾病

incurable condition

不可治癒的狀態

Example Sentences

an incurable optimist; an incurable smoker.

堅定不移的樂觀主義者;不可救藥的菸民

an incurable romantic

不可矯正的言行浪漫的人

I am an incurable romantic.

我是個無可救藥的浪漫的人。

alleviative treatment for an incurable disease.

對不治之症的緩解性治療

immoderate and incurable vanity. humility

不可救藥的過分自負 humility

He has an incurable and widespread nepotism.

他們有不可救藥的,到處蔓延的裙帶主義。

he's a con man with an incurable ulcer called gambling.

他是一個騙子,嗜賭的毛病難改。

All three babies were born with an incurable heart condition.

三個嬰兒都有不可治瘉的先天性心臟病。

Real-world Examples

The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease.

有些人心中那揮之不去的焦慮和緊張幾乎已經變成了一種無藥可救的疾病。

Source: Selected Works from Walden Pond

In 2014 Sir Anthony had been diagnosed with incurable cancer.

2014年,安東尼先生被診斷爲不治之症。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

He was diagnosed with " incurable paranoid delirium" and underwent electroshock treatment.

他被診斷爲“無法治癒的偏執性譫妄” 接受了電擊治療。

Source: Crash Course in Drama

Every indication told me that the spine was transected, which would have been incurable.

我從種種跡象判斷脊柱已被橫切,而這是不可治癒的。

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 2

As she sifts through the tainted past, Wolf is horrified by her own “incurable” gullibility.

當沃爾夫細究其不堪回首的過往,她因自身那“無法治癒”的易輕信他人的性格而驚恐。

Source: The Economist - Arts

Five years later, the government was facing a possible epidemic of an incurable and fatal disease.

5年後,不治之症的盛行成爲了政府面臨的挑戰。

Source: BBC Listening Collection January 2016

Polio has re-emerged in the Philippines nearly 2 decades after the incurable disease was declared eradicated.

天花再現菲律賓。而近20年前,這種無藥可救的疾病在菲律賓宣稱已根除。

Source: BBC Listening September 2019 Collection

A death sentence means the punishment of death for committing a crime, or from an incurable disease.

判死刑是指對犯罪的死亡懲罰或對不治之症的死亡診斷。

Source: 6 Minute English

Just as medical men occasionally send their incurables to a quack.

就像醫務人員偶爾會把他們的不治之症送到庸醫那裏一樣。

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Part Two)

Cancers become almost incurable once they metastasize.

癌症一旦轉移就幾乎無法治癒。

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

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