desuetude
发音
英 ['deswɪtju:d]
美 [ˈdɛswɪˌtud, -ˌtjud]
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- n.
- 废弃,不用
单词词源
desuetude 废弃,不用
dis-, 不,非,使相反。-suet,自己,习惯,词源同self, custom.即不再习惯,废弃使用。
双语例句
- 1. Regrettably , this essential dialogue fell into desuetude following the coming into office of the blair-brown government in 1997 .
- 遗憾的是,在1997年布莱尔和布朗搭档组成的政府上台之后,这种关键的对话机制被弃之路旁。
- 2. The association of irish with irish nationalism has helped bring this language back from its increasing desuetude in the 19th century , just as israeli nation-building has converted hebrew from being a merely written language into a national tongue .
- 爱尔兰与爱尔兰民族主义协会已经拯救了他们从十九世纪的不断衰颓中的语言,还有以色列的国家建设,把希伯来语从一个很少被书写的语言变成了国家语言。