oblivion是什么意思

n. 遗忘；湮没；赦免

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。

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. 谐音“我把你忘、额把你忘”。

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。