untreatable
untreatable — 形容詞
- untreatablepositive
- more untreatablecomparative
- most untreatablesuperlative
1. A medical condition or disease that is untreatable cannot be cured or improved b
無法治療
無法以醫療方式治癒或改善
A medical condition or disease that is untreatable cannot be cured or improved by any known medicine, surgery, or therapy — doctors have no way to stop it from getting worse.
Femi was told that his father's lung cancer was untreatable and had spread to the bones.
Femi 得知父親的肺癌已無法治療，且癌細胞已經擴散到骨頭。
be + untreatable (copular construction)
The rare virus remained untreatable for decades until a team in Nairobi developed a new drug.
這種罕見病毒在幾十年間一直無法治療，直到奈洛比的一個團隊開發出新藥。
remain + untreatable (linking verb)
Doctors described the infection as an untreatable condition that affected Charlotte's spinal cord.
醫師將此感染描述為一種無法治療的疾病，影響了 Charlotte 的脊髓。
After examining the scans, the specialist confirmed that the tumour was untreatable.
專家在檢查掃描結果後，確認腫瘤已無法治療。
Padma's family chose hospice care when her illness was declared untreatable by three hospitals.
當三家醫院都宣告 Padma 的疾病無法治療後，她的家人選擇了安寧照護。
- incurable
the most common synonym; used for any disease that cannot be cured, while 'untreatable' can also mean no therapy exists to slow its progression
- terminal
focuses on the fatal outcome rather than the lack of treatment — a terminal illness will cause death even if symptoms can be treated
- inoperable
only used for conditions (especially tumours) that cannot be removed by surgery; the condition might still respond to other treatments
文法句型
untreatable + noun
be + untreatable
用法筆記
Frequently used with verbs like 'be', 'remain', 'become', or passive reporting verbs ('is considered', 'was declared'). Often followed by a noun describing a disease or injury (an untreatable wound, an untreatable form of cancer).