irreplaceable
/ˌɪrɪˈpleɪsəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɪrɪˈpleɪsəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌir-i-ˈplā-sə-bəl/ (ame, mw)
irreplaceable — adjective
- irreplaceablepositive
- more irreplaceablecomparative
- most irreplaceablesuperlative
1. so important, loved, or meaningful that nothing else could truly take the same p
so important, loved, or meaningful that nothing else could truly take the same place
Hana's grandmother's recipe book felt irreplaceable after the kitchen fire.
predicative: feel irreplaceable after a loss
After Nurse Folake retired, the clinic missed her irreplaceable skill with frightened children.
attributive: irreplaceable + noun
The town saw the old bridge as an irreplaceable piece of its history.
For Theo, the voice note from his father is irreplaceable.
When Emre dropped the hard drive, everyone feared the wedding photos were irreplaceable.
- indispensable
focuses more on being necessary for a job or system to work
- priceless
stresses great value, especially emotional or artistic value
- unique
means one of a kind, but not always deeply needed or cherished
- replaceable
can be swapped for another person or thing without major loss
- expendable
suggests something can be lost because people see it as unimportant
文法句型
be irreplaceable
feel irreplaceable
see something as irreplaceable
用法筆記
Often describes people, memories, roles, or objects whose value is emotional as well as practical. Common after be, feel, or seem, and before nouns such as part, role, skill, and loss.