desuetude
英 ['desw?tju?d; d?'sju??tju?d]
美['d?sw?,tj?d]
- n. 廢止；不用
GRE
中文詞源
desuetude 廢棄，不用
dis-, 不，非，使相反。-suet,自己，習(xí)慣，詞源同self, custom.即不再習(xí)慣，廢棄使用。
英文詞源
- desuetude (n.)
- 1620s, from Middle French désuétude (16c.), from Latin desuetudo "disuse," from desuetus, past participle of desuescere "become unaccustomed to," from de- "away, from" (see de-) + suescere "become used to" (see mansuetude).
雙語例句
- 1. Many words once commonly used have fallen into desuetude.
- 許多過去曾通用的詞,今天已經(jīng)廢棄不用了.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. These words have fallen into desuetude.
- 這些詞如今已經(jīng)不用了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》