immortality

英 [ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti] 美 [ˌɪmɔːrˈtæləti]

n.  永生; 不朽; 不灭

BNC.15362 / COCA.12858



牛津词典

noun

  1. 永生;不朽;不灭
    the state of being immortal
    1. belief in the immortality of the soul
      灵魂不灭的信念
    2. He is well on his way to show business immortality.
      他很快就会成为娱乐界永世流芳的人物。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ 不朽的;流芳百世的
    Someone or something that is immortal is famous and likely to be remembered for a long time.
    1. ...the immortal Reverend Dr Spooner.
      不朽的斯普纳牧师
    2. ...Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte's immortal love story...
      《呼啸山庄》,艾米莉·勃朗特不朽的爱情小说
    3. Maybe my work is not immortal, but it will live for a while.
      也许我的作品不能流芳百世,但它能流传一阵子。
    4. An immortal is someone who is immortal.
      不朽人物;流芳百世的人物
    5. He called Moore 'one of the immortals of soccer'.
      他把摩尔称作“足球伟人之一”。
  2. ADJ 不死的;长生的
    Someone or something that is immortal will live or last for ever and never die or be destroyed.
    1. The pharaohs were considered gods and therefore immortal.
      法老们被视为神灵,且长生不死。
    2. An immortal is an immortal being.
      神仙;长生不死者
    3. ...porcelain figurines of the Chinese immortals.
      瓷制的中国神仙塑像
  3. ADJ (语句)著名的,不朽的
    If you refer to someone's immortal words, you mean that what they said is well-known, and you are usually about to quote it.
    1. ...Roosevelt's immortal words, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.'
      罗斯福的不朽名言——“说话温和,手持大棒”
    2. I keep remembering Hannah Pakula's immortal line: 'Hollywood is no place for a woman over forty with a library card.'
      我一直谨记汉娜·帕库拉的名言:“好莱坞不是年过四十手拿图书证的女人呆的地方。”

双语例句

  1. The flame is a quasi-religious emblem of immortality.
    火焰可以算作不朽的宗教象征。
  2. It seems she was banished to the Moon because she stole the pill of immortality from her husband.
    据说她是因为偷吃了丈夫的长生药被放逐到月宫中去的。
  3. After years of living alone, she meets a man who will tempt her to relinquish her immortality.
    在独自生活多年之后,她遇到了一个男人,他尝试让布莱克放弃她的永生异能。
  4. I suppose part of it is a subconscious desire for immortality.
    我猜想这在一定程度上是出于对永生的潜意识渴望。
  5. Others might dispute his definition of immortality itself.
    另外,他对永生的定义本身可能也会引起争议。
  6. In this vision of immortality, nothing is ever lost unless it's deleted.
    在这种永生的幻境中,没有什么会丢失,除非是被删掉了。
  7. Mr Cave's repeated claim that the quest for immortality drives every human activity feels overdone.
    例如,他反复强调,对永生的追求是人类所有行为的推动力,这一点似乎言过其实了。
  8. Muller had found the secret of immortality.
    穆勒发现了长生不老的秘密。
  9. Do we now have the argument for the immortality of the soul?
    我们现在能否论证,灵魂是不朽的?
  10. I have no illusions of immortality.
    我不会妄想自己会长生不死。
  11. It robs us of immortality.
    因为它使我们丧失了永生。
  12. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
    和他人分享知识,这是永垂不朽的途径之一。
  13. In the Phaedo, the dying Socrates discusses the possibility of the immortality of the soul.
    他在《斐多篇》里记录了苏格拉底临终时谈论灵魂不朽的可能性问题。
  14. Humanists do not believe in an afterlife or immortality.
    人本主义者不相信来世和永生。
  15. It is a teasing hint of an imaginary immortality.
    这是一种嘲弄想象中的永生的结尾。
  16. Is there such a thing as immortality?
    有不朽这样一个东西么?
  17. The owner is far more immortal in that sense, close to the immortality, you know.
    在这种意义上主人更不朽,接近不朽,我的意思是。
  18. He has, in the past, meditated on God, freedom and immortality;
    在以往,他曾对上帝、自由和不朽做过深思;
  19. An old friend has learned the path to immortality.
    一个老朋友学会了不朽之术。
  20. And nothing satisfies narcissism like immortality.
    没有什么能像不朽这样满足自恋情结。
  21. They symbolize immortality and longevity.
    它们象征着不朽和长寿。
  22. Men have always dreamed of immortality.
    人们总是梦想长生不死。
  23. You are my immortality.
    你是我的永远。
  24. The Greeks believed in the immortality of their gods.
    希腊人相信他们的神是永生的。
  25. Almost all believe in God and immortality;
    几乎人人信仰神和永生;
  26. How would he feel about his last living descendent, and his plans for immortality and world domination?
    对于他自己最后的继承人以及他那长生不死和统治世界的计划,斯莱特林会有什么样的感想呢?
  27. I do not believe in immortality, and have no desire for it.
    我不相信灵魂不灭的说法,自己也没有这种愿望。
  28. I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
    我不想通过我的作品使我自己不朽,我想通过不死来达到不朽。
  29. It was like having immortality while you were still alive.
    仿佛是当你仍然活着的时候就得到了永生。
  30. This is three-dimensional Haizi, who always showed weakness and fragility, who acquired immortality in his poetry.
    这是立体的海子,常常暴露软弱脆弱的海子,在他的诗歌中获得了永生的海子。

英英释义

noun

  1. the quality or state of being immortal

    1. perpetual life after death