Used of damage, harm, loss, or a break in a relationship that is so bad it can never be repaired or put right. It is the everyday partner of 'repair', but notice how differently the two behave: you repair a bike, yet almost nobody says 'irreparable bike'.

Used of damage, harm, loss, or a break in a relationship用來形容損害、傷害、損失，或關係破裂 that is so bad到...的地步 it can never be repaired or put right永遠無法修復、無法挽回 It is the everyday partner of 'repair'它是'repair'日常生活裡的搭檔 but notice how differently the two behave但要注意這兩個詞的用法差很多 you repair a bike你會repair（修理）一台腳踏車 yet almost nobody says 'irreparable bike'但幾乎沒有人會說'irreparable bike'

This word sticks to a small set of nouns — irreparable damage, irreparable harm, irreparable loss, irreparable injury, an irreparable rift or breakdown. It is formal but not rare; you meet it in newspapers, in law (courts speak of 'irreparable harm' as a test for granting an emergency order), and in serious speech.

This word sticks to a small set of nouns這個詞固定搭配一小組名詞 irreparable damage irreparable damage（無法彌補的損害） irreparable harm irreparable harm（無法彌補的傷害） irreparable loss irreparable loss（無法彌補的損失） irreparable injury irreparable injury（無法彌補的傷） an irreparable rift or breakdown an irreparable rift or breakdown（無法挽回的裂痕或破裂） It is formal but not rare它很正式，但並不罕見 you meet it in newspapers你會在報紙 in law在法律裡 courts speak of 'irreparable harm'法院會用'irreparable harm' as a test for granting an emergency order作為核發緊急令的判斷標準 and in serious speech還有嚴肅的談話裡遇到它

One more thing about the sound: the stress falls on the second syllable, ir-REP-ar-able, not on 'repair' — so it does not sound like the verb inside it, which surprises people. There is a rarer pronunciation with 'repair' in it, but the standard one is the first.

One more thing about the sound還有一點跟發音有關 the stress falls on the second syllable重音落在第二個音節 ir-REP-ar-able ir-REP-ar-able not on 'repair'不是落在'repair'上 so it does not sound like the verb inside it所以聽起來不像它裡面藏著的那個動詞 which surprises people這點常讓人意外 There is a rarer pronunciation with 'repair' in it有一種比較少見的唸法會把'repair'的音唸出來 but the standard one is the first但標準唸法是前面那一種