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词汇 immemorial
释义 immemorial
adjective
uk /ˌɪm.əˈmɔː.ri.əl/ us /ˌɪm.əˈmɔːr.i.əl/
 from/since time immemorialliterary
for a very long time: 长时间地;很久
Her family had farmed that land since time immemorial.她的家族从很早开始便在那块土地上耕耘了。
formal
existing or traditional for an extremely long time: 年代久远的,古老的
She said it was the immemorial custom of the villagers to have a feast after the harvesting.她说村民们在收割之后举行宴会是一个古老的风俗。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lasting for a long time
all-night
ancient
be going strongidiom
changeless
dateless
incorruptible
incorruptibly
languish
lasting
lengthily
nondurable goods
of oldidiom
old
ongoing
overlength
timelessness
unslaked
until doomsday
venerably
year

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No wonder the church ignored, or even repudiated, its immemorial condemnation of usurious finance.
From time immemorial, spontaneity, music and hope interacted in the human psyche in this way.
From time immemorial, a comparable ambivalence applies to the orientation of a person on board a ship.
As such, since time immemorial it has been common practice in this sector for different companies to compete with each other for the same route.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
From time immemorial, one of those outgoings was the deduction of interest on account of loans—not specifically tied to house purchase, at that stage.
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I think that that is an immemorial right.
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The immemorial right of carmen to use unparliamentary language is going to be taken advantage of for the purpose of sending men into the trenches.
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Second, let us not fall into the error of thinking of local government services as static arrangements which have existed since time immemorial.
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They are those which have faced all governments from time immemorial: the problems of finance, defence, and foreign policy.
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Every country, almost from time immemorial, has created its own armed forces for the purpose, so-called, of defence.
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Diversification of industry in the mining areas, which has been neglected since time immemorial, must be given a new impetus.
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From time immemorial it is the duty of the jury to ascertain questions of fact, allowing the judge to deal with questions of law.
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As a matter of fact the question has been dealt with, from time immemorial, to the satisfaction of the men until quite recently.
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There have been all kinds of friendly societies from time immemorial of one kind or another.
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From time immemorial women have occupied a subordinate and dependent position.
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