irreplaceable
/ˌɪrɪˈpleɪsəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɪrɪˈpleɪsəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌir-i-ˈplā-sə-bəl/ (ame, mw)
irreplaceable — 形容詞
- irreplaceablepositive
- more irreplaceablecomparative
- most irreplaceablesuperlative
1. so important, loved, or meaningful that nothing else could truly take the same p
無可取代的
重要到沒有同樣的人或物可替代
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.
Hana 的祖母食譜在廚房失火後，變得無可取代。
predicative: feel irreplaceable after a loss
After Nurse Folake retired, the clinic missed her irreplaceable skill with frightened children.
Nurse Folake 退休後，診所很懷念她安撫受驚孩子時那份無可取代的本事。
attributive: irreplaceable + noun
The town saw the old bridge as an irreplaceable piece of its history.
鎮上把那座老橋看成自身歷史中無可取代的一部分。
For Theo, the voice note from his father is irreplaceable.
對 Theo 來說，父親留下的那段語音訊息是無可取代的。
When Emre dropped the hard drive, everyone feared the wedding photos were irreplaceable.
Emre 摔到硬碟時，大家都怕那些婚禮照片是無可取代的。
- 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.