mid-14c., "fact of being lost or destroyed," from Old French perdicion "loss, calamity, perdition" of souls (11c.) and directly from Late Latin perditionem (nominative perditio) "ruin, destruction," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin perdere "do away with, destroy; lose, throw away, squander," from per- "through" (here perhaps with intensive or completive force, "to destruction") + dare "to put" (see date (n.1)). Special theological sense of "condition of damnation, spiritual ruin, state of souls in Hell" (late 14c.) has gradually extinguished the general use of the word.
雙語例句
1. Ah! How cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!
啊! 我們是多么歡歡喜喜地使自己淪于萬劫不復的境地 啊 !
來自辭典例句
2. The man trembled whenever he thought of the perdition.
這個人一想起死后的永久懲罰就顫抖不已.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. My scene of perdition , no reply to what it means to be.
我滅亡的場面, 沒人回答.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. It was their remarkable spirit that had prevented them from perdition.
正是他們這種偉大的精神使他們得以生存而不至于滅亡.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. One un - repented of sin may lead to perdition.