in·cur·able /(ˌ)ɪnˈkjʊrəbəl/
 (a.)不能醫治的,不能矯正的,無救的不治的病人,無救的人


 in·cur·able /(ˈ)ɪnˈkjʊrəbəl/ 形容詞
 不能治癒的,難治的


 In·cur·a·ble a.
 1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease.
    A scirrhus is not absolutely incurable.   --Arbuthnot.
 2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils.
    Rancorous and incurable hostility.   --Burke.
    They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance.   --Sir J. Stephen.
 Syn: -- Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; hopeless.


 In·cur·a·ble, n. A person diseased beyond cure.

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 incurable
      adj 1: being such that a cure is impossible; "an incurable
             disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking" [ant: curable]
      2: unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable
         optimist"
      n : a person whose disease is incurable