| 单词 | evanescence |
| 释义 | evanescence (once / 36480 pages) n After you lose a loved one, often you're gripped with a fear of evanescence, or the rapid fading from sight or memory of that person. Evanescence comes from the Latin evanescere meaning "disappear, vanish." Something that possesses qualities of evanescence, has a quality of disappearing or vanishing. The evanescence of a shooting star makes it hard to catch — it's there one moment and gone the next. Evanescence is a word typically used to describe an event that fades from sight or memory, or sometimes the fleeting quality of worldly success. WORD FAMILYevanescence: evanescences+/evanesce: evanesced, evanescent, evanesces, evanescing/evanescent: evanescence, evanescently USAGE EXAMPLESIn his aspirational but undisciplined “You only live once” style, Trump is an avatar of those who are acutely aware of money’s evanescence. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) “That means, statistically, one member of Evanescence owes or has owed Encore money,” he said. Salon(Jun 06, 2016) But when does inner peace about the evanescence of life start to take on more ominous undertones? New York Times(May 15, 2016) n the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight the evanescence of the morning mist Hyper disappearance the event of passing out of sight |
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