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.废止；不用
词根记忆
- de + suet(=suit适合) + ude→不再适合→废止
同根派生
英汉例句
- Many words once commonly used have fallen into desuetude.
许多过去曾通用的词，今天已经废弃不用了。 - Virtue took on a narrow meaning with the final result that the word virtue fell into desuetude.
美德仅具有狭障的意义，结果必然被弃如敝屣。 - In modern times, some customs have fallen into desuetude , and some others have been absorbed in rules of law.
而在现代社会，一部分的习惯已经被人们所弃用，还有一部分习惯被法律所吸收运用。 - After all, housing and capital spending have wound down to near irreducible desuetude.
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双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- Desuetude Disuse 废弃
- desuetude e 废止
- law fallen into desuetude 翻译;已废除的法律
短语
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