immemorial

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌɪm.əˈmɔː.ri.əl]
• 美式音标 [ˌɪməˈmɔriəl, -ˈmor-]
• 国际音标 [,imi'mɔ:riəl]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.远古的；极古的；久远的

词根记忆

• im(不) + memor(记住) + ial→在记忆之外的→太古的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• People have been kicking objects around for fun since time immemorial.
  自古以来人们为了取乐就将身边的东西踢来踢去。
• Since time immemorial, the whale has been wreathed in mystery—and of course it almost predates time itself, having existed long before the land around which it swims.
  自远古以来，鲸鱼一直被披上神秘的色彩--当然它们也的确几乎与时间一样古老，它们存在的时间比它们游过的陆地的历史还长。
• There was this best-seller a few years ago [in 1984], it went through about ten printings, by a woman named Joan Peters—or at least, signed by Joan Peters—called From Time Immemorial.
  在几年前[1984年]，它曾是本畅销书，曾被印刷了十多次，是一位名为琼·彼得斯的女子写的（应该是名女子，因为签名是琼·彼得斯），书名叫《远古以来》。 书中脚注众多。

原声例句

• And I don't know why, but since time immemorial that is the way computer scientists have drawn trees.
  叶子是在最下面的，我不知道为什么,但从记事以来他们就是这么画树的,这也许就是为什么我们。
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• Human rights seems like such a sort of time immemorial concept.
  人权听起来就像是一个如此,久远的概念。
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• No. Everybody's been using that, sort of since time immemorial or at least since the sixteenth century.
  不，每个人都在用它，这个进程可能可以追溯到太古时期，不过至少16世纪。
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权威例句

• People have aggregated their capital, i.e. saved money, and started and expanded businesses since time immemorial.
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词组短语

短语

• immemorial l 古老的;无法记忆的
• immemorial possession [经]自古占有;自古占有英语
• Immemorial Mode 遥远的方式
• time immemorial 远古以来；太古时代；很久以前；法律不能追溯的年代
• immemorial usage 翻译

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• for a very long time