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irrevocability

/ih-rev-uh-kuh-buhl/US // ɪˈrɛv ə kə bəl //UK // (ɪˈrɛvəkəbəl) //

不可撤消性,不可撤销性,不可撤消,不可撤销

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.

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Examples

  • The irrevocable loss of specimens poses a major risk to national security, public health and science.

  • The decision is not irrevocable, however, notes Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School.

  • I—I mean that it reduces the—er—paralysing sense of irrevocability.

  • Already she was beginning to feel the pain of loss and the weighty irrevocability of everything.

  • Again into the consideration intruded the absolute finality, the irrevocability of her choice.

  • But when she had the permit and her cabin was booked, the irrevocability of her step came to her with full force.

  • The question leaped from her, and Garth's answer came with an irrevocability of refusal there was no combating.