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    An irrevocable decision, step, or change cannot be taken back, changed, or stopped once it has happened. If you sign an irrevocable agreement, you cannot later say you have changed your mind. The word is formal and a little legal; you will see it in contracts, in news about courts, and in serious talk about damage that cannot be undone. Though actually, everyday English often just says you cannot take it back, or it is final. Irrevocable is the heavy stamp on that idea. It does not mean irresistible (hard not to want), and it does not mean you cannot speak.

    不可撤銷的、無法挽回的。合約、法律裡台灣常用「不可撤銷」。

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組成ir- (“not”) + revoke (“take back / call back”) + -able (“can be”). From Latin irrevocabilis: cannot be called back.

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  • revoketo take back or cancel, as in revoke a licence
  • irrevocablythe adverb: in a way that cannot be undone

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

irrevocableadj/ɪˈɹɛvəkəbəl/

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    Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.

    • Firm and irrevocable is my doom Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.
    • I have talked thus to you, child, not to insult you for what is past and irrevocable, but to caution and strengthen you for the future.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。