longevity
英語[编辑]
替代寫法[编辑]
- longævity (棄用)
詞源[编辑]
借自拉丁語 longaevitās，來自longaevus (“古舊的，老年的”) + -itās。
發音[编辑]
- (英國) 國際音標(幫助)：/lɒŋˈd͡ʒɛv.ɪ.ti/, /lɒnˈd͡ʒɛv.ɪ.ti/
- (美國、加拿大) 國際音標(幫助)：/lɑŋˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ti/, [lɑŋˈd͡ʒɛv.ə.ɾi]
- (澳大利亞) 國際音標(幫助)：/lɔŋˈd͡ʒev.ə.ti/, [lɔŋˈd͡ʒev.ə.ɾi]
名詞[编辑]
longevity (可數 和 不可數, 複數 longevities)
- 長壽
- Grandpa had incredible longevity: he lived to be 105 years old!
- 爺爺很長壽：他活到105歲！
- 2020 7月 1, David Allen, “Signalling from Leeds along the S&C”, 出自 Rail，頁號 74:
- This 142-year-old tiny ex-LNWR SB [signal box, at Batley] is an amazing survivor, probably owing its longevity to its location alongside a level crossing. Indeed it started life as a gate box with the delightful name of Lady Ann's Crossing.
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- 持久，長期
- 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, 出自 World Englishes, 卷 37，頁號 255:
- A ‘postdating’ is an example of the use of a lexical item at a later date than currently recorded and these are important in establishing the longevity of use of a term and whether or not it has become obsolete.
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來源[编辑]
- “longevity”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.