oblivion
noun /əˈblɪviən/
/əˈblɪviən/
[uncountable]- a state in which you are not aware of what is happening around you, usually because you are unconscious or asleep
无意识状态；沉睡；昏迷 - He often drinks himself into oblivion.
他常常喝酒喝得不省人事。 - Sam longed for the oblivion of sleep.
萨姆恨不得一睡不醒，了无心事。
- He often drinks himself into oblivion.
- the state in which somebody/something has been forgotten and is no longer famous or important
被遗忘；被忘却；湮没 - An unexpected victory saved him from political oblivion.
一次意外的胜利使得他在政治上不再默默无闻。 - Most of his inventions have been consigned to oblivion.
他的大部分发明都湮没无闻了。 - a minor masterpiece, saved from oblivion
免于湮灭的次要代表作
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- political
- total
- fade into
- fall into
- pass into
- …
- in oblivion
- An unexpected victory saved him from political oblivion.
- a state in which something has been completely destroyed
被摧毁；被毁灭；被夷平 - Hundreds of homes were bombed into oblivion during the first weeks of the war.
在战争的最初几周内，数以百计的房屋被炸毁。
- Hundreds of homes were bombed into oblivion during the first weeks of the war.
词源late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oblivio(n-), from oblivisci ‘forget’.