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单词 oblivion
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oblivion

noun
/əˈblɪviən/
/əˈblɪviən/
[uncountable]
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  1. a state in which you are not aware of what is happening around you, usually because you are unconscious or asleep
    • He often drinks himself into oblivion.
    • Sam longed for the oblivion of sleep.
  2. the state in which somebody/something has been forgotten and is no longer famous or important synonym obscurity
    • An unexpected victory saved him from political oblivion.
    • Most of his inventions have been consigned to oblivion.
    • a minor masterpiece, saved from oblivion
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • political
    • total
    verb + oblivion
    • fade into
    • fall into
    • pass into
    preposition
    • in oblivion
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  3. a state in which something has been completely destroyed
    • Hundreds of homes were bombed into oblivion during the first weeks of the war.
  4. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin oblivio(n-), from oblivisci ‘forget’.
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