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Immemorial means going back further than anyone can remember, further even than written history can show.
Immemorial immemorial means意思是 going back further than anyone can remember久遠到沒有人記得, further even than written history can show甚至比文字歷史能顯示的還要早。
You almost never meet it standing alone. The set phrase is from time immemorial — 'since a time so old that nobody knows the beginning'. Laws, customs, and ceremonies love it: this right has existed from time immemorial.
You almost never meet it你幾乎不會看到它 standing alone單獨出現。The set phrase is固定用法是 from time immemorialfrom time immemorial — 'since a time so old that nobody knows the beginning''久到沒有人知道是什麼時候開始的'。Laws, customs, and ceremonies love it法律、習俗和儀式都很愛用它: this right has existed這項權利 from time immemorialfrom time immemorial就存在了。
It is a formal, old-fashioned word. For everyday talk, 'for as long as anyone can remember' or 'since ancient times' is what people actually say.
It is它是 a formal, old-fashioned word正式、有點老派的詞。For everyday talk日常說話的話, 'for as long as anyone can remember''for as long as anyone can remember' or 'since ancient times'或'since ancient times' is what people actually say是大家實際上會說的。
A memorial helps you remember a person or an event; immemorial is almost the opposite idea — beyond memory. The two sit next to each other in spelling, which is why students trip.
A memorial helps you remembermemorial是幫你記得 a person or an event一個人或一件事; immemorial is almost the opposite ideaimmemorial幾乎是相反的概念 — beyond memory超出記憶之外。The two sit next to each other in spelling這兩個字拼法很接近, which is why students trip所以學生常常搞混。
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
immemorialadj/ɪ.məˈmɔːɹi.əl/
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That is beyond memory; ancient.
- The rocks had stood overlooking the valley since time immemorial.
- We will ride this morning to what we call the grove of Daphne. It is a real laurel grove. Some of the trees must be immemorial, and deserve to have been sacred, if once they were not so.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。