be incurable
incurable 作形容词时表示疾病或情况无法治愈,通常用于客观医学判断。
Without treatment, this condition is incurable.
如果不治疗,这种状况是无法治愈的。
患不治之症的人;无法治愈的人
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
患不治之症的人;无法治愈的人
a person whose disease is incurable
Without treatment, this condition is incurable.
如果不治疗,这种状况是无法治愈的。
无法治愈的人。
One who cannot be cured.
无法治愈的病人
a person whose disease is incurable
The clinic offers free counseling to incurables and their family members.
这家诊所为无法治愈的患者及其家属提供免费咨询。
Many incurables choose to spend their remaining time at home.
许多无法治愈的病人选择在家中度过余下的时间。
As an incurable, he found comfort in writing letters to friends.
作为一个无法治愈的人,他在给朋友写信中找到了安慰。
incurable 作形容词时表示疾病或情况无法治愈,通常用于客观医学判断。
Without treatment, this condition is incurable.
如果不治疗,这种状况是无法治愈的。
incurable 常放在名词前修饰疾病,也可引申修饰难以改变的缺点或习惯。
She was diagnosed with an incurable disease.
她被诊断出患有一种无法治愈的疾病。
作名词时指患不治之症的人,常用复数形式 incurables。
The hospital has a special wing for incurables.
这家医院有一个专门收治不治之症患者的病区。
Not this
This disease is uncurable.
Use this
This disease is incurable.
拼写错误:incurable 的前缀是 in-,不是 un-。un- 加在 curable 前并不构成标准英语拼写,应使用 incurable。
Not this
He has an incurable.
Use this
He has an incurable disease.
词性错误:incurable 作名词时指“患不治之症的人”,不是“不治之症”这种病。要表示“患有无法治愈的病”,应把 incurable 用作形容词来修饰 disease。
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不治之症;无法治愈的疾病
He was diagnosed with an incurable disease.
他被诊断出患有一种无法治愈的疾病。
无可救药的浪漫主义者
She is an incurable romantic who still believes in true love.
她是个无可救药的浪漫主义者,仍然相信真爱。
无可救药的乐观主义者
Even in a crisis, he remains an incurable optimist.
即使在危机中,他仍是一个无可救药的乐观主义者。
照护不治之症患者
The charity raises money to care for incurables.
这家慈善机构筹款照护不治之症患者。
无可救药的浪漫主义者
Even after two failed marriages, he remains an incurable romantic.
即便经历过两次失败的婚姻,他依然是一个无可救药的浪漫主义者。
无可救药的乐观主义者
She's an incurable optimist, always finding the silver lining in every disaster.
她是个无可救药的乐观主义者,总能在每一次灾难中找到一线希望。
世上没有不治之症,只有无可救药的病人。
The iconic line from the TV series House M.D. reminds me that even an incurable diagnosis may not be the final word.
来自电视剧《豪斯医生》的这句经典台词提醒我们,即使被诊断出不治之症,也可能不是最终结论。
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记忆:in(不)+cure(治愈)+able(可…的)=不可治愈的。想象医生摇头说:“incurable,没法治了。”
语域:formal 常见场景:medical contexts、formal writing 该用法指“患不治之症的人”,在当代英语中比较少见,多用于正式、医学或文学语境;日常口语中更常说 someone who cannot be cured 或 an incurable patient。
curable、durable、endurable 与 incurable 押韵,词尾同为 /ʊrəbəl/。cure、secure、obscure 虽含 cur,但读作 /kjʊr/、/sɪˈkjʊr/、/əbˈskjʊr/,没有 /əbəl/ 结尾,不押韵。
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