immortality
UK/ɪmɔː'tælɪtɪ/US/.imɒ:'tæliti/
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Definitions
n.
The state of living or being remembered forever
永生；不朽，不灭的声名
Root Breakdown
Native Englishimmortalroot
+
-itystate, quality, condition
=immortality
immortal + -ity (state of) = the state of being immortal: either literal deathlessness or, by metaphor, lasting fame. See immortal for the full story.
Common Collocations
- 1.achieve immortality获得永生
- 2.grant immortality赋予永生
- 3.literary immortality文学上的不朽
Example Sentences
- 1.
Many myths describe heroes searching for immortality.
- 2.
His novels earned him a kind of literary immortality.