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perdition

/per-dish-uhn/US // pərˈdɪʃ ən //UK // (pəˈdɪʃən) //

灭亡,灭顶之灾,亡国,毁灭

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
    • : the future state of the wicked.
    • : hell.
    • : utter destruction or ruin.
    • : Obsolete. loss.

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Examples

  • If “any congregation of men could merit eternal perdition on earth and in hell,” it is the “Company of Loyola.”

  • Fear that somehow, despite her freedom, she will have to repeat what seemed like endless perdition.

  • I have no merit; I were justly sent to perdition for my sins; I lie here, perhaps dying.

  • But then an infinite number of others are destined to perdition, and receive not the grace necessary to eternal salvation.

  • At that time some of it was Mexican, and more of it was Chinese, and some of it wasn't connected with anything but perdition.

  • Till that instant the idea of a temptation of the evil one, of the possibility of perdition, had never entered my head.

  • You sent me to Australia to do a certain thing, and you would have flung me to perdition if I had stuck at anything to do it.