| 单词 | immortality |
| 释义 | immortality (once / 687 pages) n If you achieve immortality that means you’ll live forever. If you find a magic potion, maybe you can literally live forever. Otherwise you’ll have to gain immortality by doing something so great that people never forget you. You may believe immortality can be achieved if you drink enough carrot juice, but so far humans haven’t figured out the secret to living forever. Instead, you’ll often hear immortality used to in relation to magnificent accomplishments. You may gain immortality by painting great works of art, like Michelangelo, or by being a great slugger, like Babe Ruth. The achievements live on, and the fame keeps your memory alive, forever! Or at least for a really long time. WORD FAMILYimmortality: immortalities+/immortal: immortalise, immortality, immortalize, immortally, immortals/immortalise: immortalised, immortalises, immortalising/immortalize: immortalized, immortalizes, immortalizing/mortal: immortal, mortality, mortally, mortals, postmortal/mortality: mortalities USAGE EXAMPLESWhile cheese may be, as the legendary editor Clifton Fadiman called it, “milk’s leap toward immortality,” here it is death on a plate. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) To die with the sense of nothing left undone: it’s nothing less than the promise of immortality by other means. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) Some scholars say the fermented tea was born around 220 B.C. in China, where it was sipped for detoxification and dubbed the “tea of immortality.” Time(Dec 16, 2016) 1n the quality or state of being immortal Ant|Hyper mortality the quality or state of being mortal permanence, permanency the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration 2n perpetual life after death Hyper afterlife, hereafter life after death |
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