desuetude
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['deswɪtjuːd; də'sjuːətjuːd]
- 美式音标 [ˈdɛswɪˌtud, -ˌtjud]
- 国际音标 [di'sju:itju:d]
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基本解释
- n.廢止;不用
词根记忆
- de + suet(=suit適郃) + ude→不再適郃→廢止
英汉例句
- Many words once commonly used have fallen into desuetude.
許多過去曾通用的詞,今天已經廢棄不用了。 - Virtue took on a narrow meaning with the final result that the word virtue fell into desuetude.
美德僅具有狹障的意義,結果必然被棄如敝屣。 - In modern times, some customs have fallen into desuetude , and some others have been absorbed in rules of law.
而在現代社會,一部分的習慣已經被人們所棄用,還有一部分習慣被法律所吸收運用。 - After all, housing and capital spending have wound down to near irreducible desuetude.
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雙語例句
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英英字典
- the principle that laws can stop having any legal force when they have not been used for a long time
- the condition of not being in use or practice disuse