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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--perdition(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年11月08日10:22:09 星期三), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
perdition (per-DISH-ehn) noun
1. Loss of the soul; eternal damnation. Hell.
2. Utter ruin.
[Middle English perdicion, from Old French perdicion, from Late Latin
perditio, perdition-, from Latin perditus, past participle of perdere, to
lose : per- + dare, to give.]
"`Since the courts have decided that corporations are `persons' and
possessed of the legal and constitutional rights of persons, and since
this has wreaked all sorts of havoc in the legal system, it would be
gratifying to believe that these `persons' also had souls and that the
worst of them would be damned to eternal perdition,' he (Denis Hayes)
says."
Josh Clark, Brave new work: experts agree: stable jobs are giving
way to a free-agent system, Mother Jones, Jul 17, 1997.
"With hideous ruin and combustion, down
To bottomless perdition, there to dwell."
John Milton, Paradise Lost: First Book, 1667.
This week's theme: words to mark Halloween.
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The optimist proclaims we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the
pessimist fears this is true. -James Branch Cabell, novelist, essayist,
critic (1879-1958)
Q: Tomorrow is my friend's birthday and I forgot to send her a gift. Help!
A: Give the gift of words. Send a gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day at
http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html . It is the gift that keeps on
giving the whole year long, and beyond.
Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/perdition.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/perdition.ram
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