oblivion

• n. 遺忘；湮沒；赦免

來自拉丁語oblivio,忘記，遺忘，來自oblino,塗抹，抹掉，-v,印歐語詞幹。來自ob-,相對，對著的，-lino,塗抹，詞源同liniment,delete,obliterate.比喻用法。

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.

1. An entire poor section of town was bombed into oblivion.

城市的一整片貧民區被炸為了平地。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He just drank himself into oblivion.

他喝得完全不省人事。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He often drinks himself into oblivion.

他常常喝酒喝得不省人事。

來自《權威詞典》

4. The ancient civilization fellinto oblivion.

古代的文明被遺忘了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Some poems are doomed to oblivion.

有些詩注定會被湮滅遺忘.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》