单词 | amnesia |
释义 | amnesia (æmniːziə , -ʒə ) uncountable noun If someone has amnesia, they have lost their memory. People with amnesia don't forget their general knowledge of objects. Collocations: collective amnesia But it could not find out why the force failed to act, claiming senior officers had a 'form of collective amnesia'. The Sun We will get an inquiry and inadequate recommendations, followed by collective amnesia - until the next outbreak. Times, Sunday Times Yet shame brought about collective amnesia. Times, Sunday Times This collective amnesia about collaboration soon dictated how reparations would work. The Times Literary Supplement By definition, historical novels demand a longer view - a potent inoculation against historical amnesia and the narcissistic fable of the perpetual present. The Times Literary Supplement To wish it away makes historical amnesia more, not less, likely. Times, Sunday Times I fear that renaming streets to salve consciences will result in historical amnesia of past guilt. Times, Sunday Times Moreover, the hypocrisy and historical amnesia among those baying for his head are quite extraordinary. Times, Sunday Times Memory of both camps were subjected to historical amnesia. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 失忆症 Japanese: 記憶喪失 |
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