请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 perpetuation
释义

perpetuationn.

Brit. /pəˌpɛtʃʊˈeɪʃn/, /pəˌpɛtjʊˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /pərˌpɛtʃəˈweɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: Middle English perpetuacion, Middle English perpetuacione, Middle English perpetuacioun, 1500s perpetuacioune (Scottish), 1600s– perpetuation.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French perpétuation; Latin perpetuation-, perpetuatio.
Etymology: < Middle French, French perpétuation (1378 as perpetuacion ) and its etymon post-classical Latin perpetuation-, perpetuatio action of perpetuating, continuation (from 13th cent. in British sources, from 14th cent. in continental sources), grant in perpetuity, perpetual benefice (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources; compare quot. ?c1430) < classical Latin perpetuāt- , past participial stem of perpetuāre perpetuate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Spanish perpetuación (first half of the 16th cent. or earlier), Italian perpetuazione (1540).
The action of perpetuating something; permanent continuation; preservation from extinction or oblivion; (in recent use) spec. continuation or preservation of an idea, myth, etc., by reiteration.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [noun] > making eternal or perpetuating
perpetuation1395
perpetuance?a1562
perpetuating1593
eternalization1928
Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 11 Perpetuacioun, or euere lastinge duringe.
?c1430 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Works (1871) III. 216 Of alle evelis þat comeþ bi weiward curatis is maad a perpetuacion.
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 66 Nocht for the perpetuacioune of man that than was inmortall bot for the nowmer..of the pepil chosin for eternall beatitud.
1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie i. vii. 40 Those..may vow..an holy perpetuation thereof to their end.
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 72 Had they made as good provision for their names, as they have done for their Reliques, they had not so grossly erred in the art of perpetuation.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 203. ⁋8 Some..provide for the perpetuation of families and honours.
1784 T. Jefferson Let. 16 Apr. in Papers (1953) VII. 106 The perpetuation of the personal friendships contracted thro' the war.
1874 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 7) III. v. viii. 463 A court of equity..permitting any of the parties interested to institute proceedings..with a view to the mere perpetuation of the testimony.
1934 Neuphilol. Mitteilungen 35 129 The perpetuation of a Victorian prudishness.
1989 E. S. Person Love & Fateful Encounters v. 133 Their is a deep psychological reality that accounts for the perpetuation of Aristophanes' myth of the separated halves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
<
n.1395
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 23:19:56