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。 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 Examples of immemorialimmemorial 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that that is an immemorial right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Second, let us not fall into the error of thinking of local government services as static arrangements which have existed since time immemorial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are those which have faced all governments from time immemorial: the problems of finance, defence, and foreign policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every country, almost from time immemorial, has created its own armed forces for the purpose, so-called, of defence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Diversification of industry in the mining areas, which has been neglected since time immemorial, must be given a new impetus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From time immemorial it is the duty of the jury to ascertain questions of fact, allowing the judge to deal with questions of law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a matter of fact the question has been dealt with, from time immemorial, to the satisfaction of the men until quite recently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been all kinds of friendly societies from time immemorial of one kind or another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From time immemorial women have occupied a subordinate and dependent position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of immemorial These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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