incorrigible

incorrigible

英 [ɪn'kɒrɪdʒɪb(ə)l]
　　美 [ɪn'kɔrɪdʒəbl]

adj. 不可救藥的；積習難改的
　　n. 不可救藥的人

中文詞源：

incorrigible 屢教不改的

in-,不，非，-corrig,改正，詞源同correct,regulate.

例句：

1. "Sue, you are incorrigible!" he said.
“休，你真是不可救藥！”他說道。

2. Her husband is an incorrigible flirt.
她的丈夫是個積習難改的調情老手。

3. Because he was an incorrigible criminal, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
他是一個死不悔改的罪犯, 因此被判終生監禁.

4. As to me -- will you never understand that I am incorrigible?'
至於我麼 —— 你難道永遠也不明白我是無可救藥的? ”

5. Gamblers are incorrigible optimists.
嗜賭的人是死不悔改的樂天派。