in·cur·able /(ˌ)ɪnˈkjʊrəbəl/
(a.)不能醫治的,不能矯正的,無救的不治的病人,無救的人
in·cur·able /(ˈ)ɪnˈkjʊrəbəl/ 形容詞
不能治癒的,難治的
In·cur·a·ble a.
1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease.
A scirrhus is not absolutely incurable. --Arbuthnot.
2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils.
Rancorous and incurable hostility. --Burke.
They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance. --Sir J. Stephen.
Syn: -- Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; hopeless.
In·cur·a·ble, n. A person diseased beyond cure.
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incurable
adj 1: being such that a cure is impossible; "an incurable
disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking" [ant: curable]
2: unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable
optimist"
n : a person whose disease is incurable