单词 | immortality |
释义 | immortalityn. 1. The quality or condition of being immortal; exemption from death or annihilation; endless life or existence; eternity; perpetuity.conditional immortality: see conditional adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > [noun] > immortality undeadlinessc1000 undeathlinessOE undeathshildinessc1175 immortalitya1340 immortalnessc1616 deathlessness1682 immortal1841 undyingnessa1864 athanasy1870 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > spirit of deceased person > immortality of soul undeadlinessc1000 immortalitya1340 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxix. 10 Þat i may get þe state of immortalite. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 5 A story is..the memory of life..renewenge as thro immortalite thynges like to peresche. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xv. 53 This mortall must put on immortalite. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 156/1 When we..saye we shall dye..and tourne all to duste, we..nothing entende thereby to denye immortalite of our soule. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. xxii. 31–2 The Sadducees denied..the immortality of the Soul, and all our life after this. 1719 I. Watts Psalms of David 382 My days of praise shall ne'er be past While..immortality endures. 1885 T. C. Finlayson Biol. Relig. 86–7 The word ‘Immortality’ is often used..loosely. When we speak of ‘the immortality of the soul’, we sometimes simply emphasize the fact that the soul survives the death of the body; but, at other times, we mean that the soul is destined to exist..for ever. 2. The condition of being celebrated through all time; enduring fame or remembrance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > fame after death > [noun] > immortal fame eternityc1420 immortality1535 eternizement1595 immortalization1897 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Wisd. viii. 13 By the meanes of her I shal optayne immortalite, and leaue behinde me an euer~lastinge memoriall. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xii. 27 Vertue and Cunning, Were endowments greater, then Noblenesse & Riches..Immortalitie attendes the former, Making a man a god. View more context for this quotation 1831 T. Campbell in Metropolitan July 217 In Fate's defiance..Poland has won her Immortality! 1866 R. W. Dale Disc. Special Occasions viii. 252 Shakspeare's immortality is secure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1340 |
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