oblivion
英[ə'blɪvɪən]
美
- n. 遗忘；湮没；赦免
助记提示
1. 谐音“我把你忘、额把你忘”。
中文词源
oblivion 遗忘，忘却
来自拉丁语oblivio,忘记，遗忘，来自oblino,涂抹，抹掉，-v,印欧语词干。来自ob-,相对，对着的，-lino,涂抹，词源同liniment,delete,obliterate.比喻用法。
英文词源
- oblivion (n.)
- late 14c., "state or fact of forgetting," from Old French oblivion (13c.) and directly from Latin oblivionem (nominative oblivio) "forgetfulness; a being forgotten," from oblivisci (past participle oblitus) "forget," originally "even out, smooth over, efface," from ob "over" (see ob-) + root of levis "smooth," from PIE *lei-w-, from root *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky" (see slime (n.)). Meaning "state of being forgotten" is early 15c.
双语例句
- 1. An entire poor section of town was bombed into oblivion.
- 城市的一整片贫民区被炸为了平地。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He just drank himself into oblivion.
- 他喝得完全不省人事。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He often drinks himself into oblivion.
- 他常常喝酒喝得不省人事。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The ancient civilization fellinto oblivion.
- 古代的文明被遗忘了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Some poems are doomed to oblivion.
- 有些诗注定会被湮灭遗忘.
来自《简明英汉词典》