oblivion

noun

/əˈblɪviən/

[uncountable]

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a state in which you are not aware of what is happening around you, usually because you are unconscious or asleep无意识状态；沉睡；昏迷
- He often drinks himself into oblivion.他常常喝酒喝得不省人事。
- Sam longed for the oblivion of sleep.萨姆恨不得一睡不醒，了无心事。
the state in which somebody/something has been forgotten and is no longer famous or important被遗忘；被忘却；湮没 synonym obscurity
- An unexpected victory saved him from political oblivion.一次意外的胜利使得他在政治上不再默默无闻。
- Most of his inventions have been consigned to oblivion.他的大部分发明都湮没无闻了。
- a minor masterpiece, saved from oblivion免于湮灭的次要代表作
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- political
- total
verb + oblivion
- fade into
- fall into
- pass into
- …
preposition
- in oblivion
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a state in which something has been completely destroyed被摧毁；被毁灭；被夷平
- Hundreds of homes were bombed into oblivion during the first weeks of the war.在战争的最初几周内，数以百计的房屋被炸毁。

Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin oblivio(n-), from oblivisci ‘forget’.