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durance

/door-uhns, dyoor-/US // ˈdʊər əns, ˈdyʊər- //UK // (ˈdjʊərəns) //

寿命,寿命延长,寿命长,寿命长短

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : incarceration or imprisonment.
    • : Archaic. endurance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The two weeks of durance vile among the low castes in the steerage should be amply repaid.

  • Here his charge ended, he had conveyed the Land-despoiler to durance vile.

  • Here he was held in durance for some time, and was then brought to Paris to be tried for treason.

  • "The best friend Christina ever had" she would surely some day see could not have lingered in the black durance that he loathed.

  • But the case was very different, when Hannibal crossed from the shores of the Durance to the banks of the Po.