immemorial
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌɪm.əˈmɔː.ri.əl]
- 美式音标 [ˌɪməˈmɔriəl, -ˈmor-]
- 国际音标 [,imi'mɔ:riəl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.远古的;极古的;久远的
词根记忆
- im(不) + memor(记住) + ial→在记忆之外的→太古的
英汉例句
- People have been kicking objects around for fun since time immemorial.
自古以来人们为了取乐就将身边的东西踢来踢去。 - Since time immemorial, the whale has been wreathed in mystery—and of course it almost predates time itself, having existed long before the land around which it swims.
自远古以来,鲸鱼一直被披上神秘的色彩--当然它们也的确几乎与时间一样古老,它们存在的时间比它们游过的陆地的历史还长。 - There was this best-seller a few years ago [in 1984], it went through about ten printings, by a woman named Joan Peters—or at least, signed by Joan Peters—called From Time Immemorial.
在几年前[1984年],它曾是本畅销书,曾被印刷了十多次,是一位名为琼·彼得斯的女子写的(应该是名女子,因为签名是琼·彼得斯),书名叫《远古以来》。 书中脚注众多。 - And I don't know why, but since time immemorial that is the way computer scientists have drawn trees.
叶子是在最下面的,我不知道为什么,但从记事以来他们就是这么画树的,这也许就是为什么我们。
麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选 - Human rights seems like such a sort of time immemorial concept.
人权听起来就像是一个如此,久远的概念。
普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选 - No. Everybody's been using that, sort of since time immemorial or at least since the sixteenth century.
不,每个人都在用它,这个进程可能可以追溯到太古时期,不过至少16世纪。
耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选 - People have aggregated their capital, i.e. saved money, and started and expanded businesses since time immemorial.
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词组短语
- immemorial l 古老的;无法记忆的
- immemorial possession [经]自古占有;自古占有英语
- Immemorial Mode 遥远的方式
- time immemorial 远古以来;太古时代;很久以前;法律不能追溯的年代
- immemorial usage 翻译