incorrigible
英 [?n'k?r?d??b(?)l]
美[?n'k?r?d??bl]
- adj. 不可救藥的；積習難改的
- n. 不可救藥的人
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?incorrigibly;
中文詞源
incorrigible 屢教不改的
in-,不，非，-corrig,改正，詞源同correct,regulate.
英文詞源
- incorrigible (adj.)
- mid-14c., from Old French incorrigible (mid-14c.), or directly from Latin incorrigibilis "not to be corrected," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + corrigibilis, from corrigere "to correct" (see correct). Related: Incorrigibly. As a noun, from 1746.
雙語例句
- 1. "Sue, you are incorrigible!" he said.
- “休，你真是不可救藥！”他說道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her husband is an incorrigible flirt.
- 她的丈夫是個積習難改的調(diào)情老手。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. Because he was an incorrigible criminal, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 他是一個死不悔改的罪犯, 因此被判終生監(jiān)禁.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. As to me -- will you never understand that I am incorrigible?'
- 至于我么 —— 你難道永遠也不明白我是無可救藥的? ”
來自英漢文學 - 雙城記
- 5. Gamblers are incorrigible optimists.
- 嗜賭的人是死不悔改的樂天派。
來自辭典例句