oblivion

• n. 遗忘；湮没；赦免

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。

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》