immemorial
immemorial 英 [ˌɪməˈmɔ:riəl] 美 [ˌɪməˈmɔriəl, -ˈmor-]
adj. 远古的，古老的；无法追忆的
名词复数:immemorials
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- adj. 远古的，古老的；无法追忆的
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1. "From time immemorial, " he went on, "our nation's legislators havehad a way with words and always managed to hit the nail on the head.
“从远古时代开始”，他接着说，“我们民族的立法者们已经有了一条言语的途径，并一直设法恰到好处。
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2. Since time immemorial, the whale has been wreathed in mystery—and of course it almost predates time itself, having existed long before the land around which it swims.
自远古以来，鲸鱼一直被披上神秘的色彩--当然它们也的确几乎与时间一样古老，它们存在的时间比它们游过的陆地的历史还长。
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3. There was this best-seller a few years ago [in 1984], it went through about ten printings, by a woman named Joan Peters—or at least, signed by Joan Peters—called From Time immemorial.
在几年前[1984年]，它曾是本畅销书，曾被印刷了十多次，是一位名为琼·彼得斯的女子写的（应该是名女子，因为签名是琼·彼得斯），书名叫《远古以来》。 书中脚注众多。
- immemorial (adj.) c. 1600, from French immémorial "old beyond memory" (16c.), from Medieval Latin immemorialis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Latin memorialis of or belonging to memory" (see memorial (n.)). Something immemorial is ancient beyond memory; something immemorable is not worth remembering. Latin immemor meant "unmindful, forgetful, heedless."
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