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forgetfulness

/fer-get-fuhl/US // fərˈgɛt fəl //UK // (fəˈɡɛtfʊl) //

健忘,健忘症,善忘,忘却

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
    • : heedless or neglectful: to be forgetful of others.
    • : bringing on oblivion: forgetful slumber.

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Examples

  • The explanation in every case is oversight and forgetfulness, not malice.

  • You know that forgetfulness of everything which comes of a violent confident, reciprocated love.

  • If I land a heavy stake, or break the bank, all will be well: if not, I must go where I hope to find forgetfulness.

  • Their consciences told them both that either wished to conceal from the other his wickedness and forgetfulness of God.

  • The Star is shadowed by our thoughtless inhumanity to those who serve us and our forgetfulness of the needy.

  • He looked down, his fingers closed over the slender neck of his glass that held the first golden stream back to forgetfulness.