consigned to oblivion• If the achievements of the Thatcher years were not to be consigned to oblivion, then a tacticalretreat was necessary.• Their works have disappeared as a result, and there are many more interesting things that have been consigned to oblivion.• Memoirs from the twenties, for long consigned to oblivion, began to be used again.
Originoblivion
(1300-1400)Old FrenchLatinoblivio, from oblivisci“to forget”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + OBLIVION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤political政治上默默無聞➤total完全被遺忘VERB + OBLIVION➤fade into, fall into, pass into, sink into, slide into被遺忘▸➤rescue sb/sth from, save sb/sth from使⋯免於被遺忘◇a minor masterpiece, saved from oblivion免於湮滅的次要代表作➤consign sb/sth to淡忘⋯◇Most of his work has now been consigned to oblivion.他的大部份作品現在都已被遺忘了。PREPOSITION➤in oblivion不為人知◇He died in oblivion.他悄然離世。