irreconcilable
adjective (formal)if differences or disagreements are irreconcilable, they are so great that it is not possible to settle them 不能调和的;无法化解的 a seemingly irreconcilable conflict 一场似乎无法化解的冲突 The break-up was due to ‘irreconcilable differences’. 关系破裂是由于“无法调和的分歧”。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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if an idea or opinion is irreconcilable with another, it is impossible for somebody to have both of them together (思想、观点)相对立的,相反的,矛盾的 This view is irreconcilable with common sense. 这个观点有悖于常识。 These practices are irreconcilable with the law of the Church. 这些做法与教规是相悖的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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people who are irreconcilable cannot be made to agree 势不两立的 irreconcilable enemies 势不两立的仇敌
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘implacably hostile’): from in- + reconcilable.