Oblivion



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 遗忘
• ［英］ n. 遗忘 ( condition of forgetting)
• ［记］ ob ( 离开) +liv ( =live活) +ion -> 不再活的东西 -> 遗忘
• ［例］ Babylonian civilization has long since passed into oblivion.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin oblivion-, oblivio, from oblivisci to forget, perhaps from ob- in the way + levis smooth — more at ob-, levigate
• Date: 14th century
• 1. the fact or condition of forgetting or having forgotten; especially the condition of being oblivious
• 2. the condition or state of being forgotten or unknown

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