| 单词 | imperishable |
| 释义 | imperishable (once / 3019 pages) adj Anything imperishable is made to last, like a marble statue or true love. Imperishable things endure. To perish is to die. Things that are imperishable don't. You may have heard of perishable food, the kind that will go bad eventually, like fresh fruit or a ham sandwich. Imperishable foods will always be fine to eat, like a bag of dried beans. There can also be imperishable ideas and beliefs, like imperishable hope or imperishable truth. Certain heroes like James Bond seem to be imperishable, especially in the movie Never Say Die. WORD FAMILYimperishable: imperishability, imperishableness, imperishably+/perish: perishable, perished, perisher, perishes, perishing/perishable: imperishable, perishability, perishableness, perishables, perishably/perisher: perishers USAGE EXAMPLESIn a digital age in which every past outrage is preserved on imperishable video? Washington Post(Sep 15, 2016) There were twenty feet of sand and then black earth again, and even a piece of redwood, that imperishable wood that does not rot. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) So what is the imperishable essence that is not also part of our material being? Time(May 02, 2016) 1adj not perishable Syn|Ant durable, indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable very long lasting imputresciblenot subject to decay perishable liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay destructibleeasily destroyed biodegradablecapable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria decayable, putrefiable, putrescible, spoilableliable to decay or spoil or become putrid 2adj unceasing imperishable truths Syn abiding, enduring lasting, permanent continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place |
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