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Irrespective Word Meaning Irregardless Affected 英 ˌɪrɪ'Spektɪv] 美 ˌɪrɪ'Spektɪv

英语单词 irrespective
英美音标 英 [ˌɪrɪ'spektɪv] 美 [ˌɪrɪ'spektɪv]
中文释义 adj.不顾的;不考虑的
英语例句 (1) The laws apply to everyone irrespective of race, color, or creed.
(2) We will have the work done, irrespective of cost.
(3) He rushed toward to help, irrespective of the consequence.
(4) He married her, irrespective of the will of his parents.
中文例句 (1) 法律对人人都适用,不分种族,肤色或信仰。
(2) 不管花多大代价,我们也要把这项工作做好。
(3) 他不顾后果,冲上前去帮助。
(4) 他违背父母的意愿与她结了婚。
vocabulary简明 The adverb irrespective means regardless or in spite, and it is almost always followed by the word "of." Irrespective of your desire to stay inside on a bitterly cold day, the dog still needs to be walked.
vocabulary扩展 Irrespective is a combination of the Latin roots ir, meaning not, and respectivus, meaning having regard for. The word irrespective is sometimes confused with its synonym regardless, giving rise in the early 20th century to the nonstandard word irregardless, which is considered an error by most grammarians, irrespective of how many people use irregardless in their everyday speech.
柯林斯解释
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[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]不考虑…的;不顾…的;不受…影响的 If you say that something happens or should happen irrespective of a particular thing, you mean that it is not affected or should not be affected by that thing.
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...their commitment to a society based on equality for all citizens irrespective of ethnic origin...

    他们承诺建立一个不分种族出身、全民平等的社会

  • This service should be available to everybody, irrespective of whether they can afford it.

    这项服务应该面向所有人,不管他们是否负担得起。

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