immortalize

英 [ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪz]

美 [ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪz]

v.  使不朽，使名垂千古(尤指通过文学艺术作品等)

过去分词：immortalized　现在分词：immortalizing　过去式：immortalized　第三人称单数：immortalizes　

BNC.36217 / COCA.17923

牛津词典

verb

• 使不朽，使名垂千古（尤指通过文学艺术作品等）
  to prevent sb/sth from being forgotten in the future, especially by mentioning them in literature, making films/movies about them, painting them, etc.
  1. The poet fell in love with her and immortalized her in his verse.
     诗人爱上了她，并以诗歌使她名传后世。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 immortalise


• VERB 使不朽;使名垂千古
  If someone or somethingis immortalizedin a story, film, or work of art, they appear in it, and will be remembered for it.
  1. The town of whitby was immortalised in Bram Stoker's famous Dracula story...
     惠特比镇因为布拉姆·斯托克著名的吸血鬼故事而名传后世。
  2. D H Lawrence immortalised her in his novel 'Women in Love'. D.H.
     劳伦斯在小说《恋爱中的女人》中把她塑造成了一个不朽的角色。
  3. ...Colditz, the grim fortress immortalised by films and TV.
     科尔迪茨，经电影电视的刻画和塑造而名扬后世的恐怖城堡

英英释义

verb

• make famous forever
  1. This melody immortalized its composer
  Synonym:immortaliseeternizeeterniseeternalizeeternalise
• be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
  1. This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
  2. We memorialized the Dead
  Synonym:commemoratememorializememorialiseimmortaliserecord

双语例句

• The presidents we tend to immortalize hardly managed to transcend party politics;
  那些我们愿意让他永垂不朽的总统都尝试过超越党派间的政治分歧；
• The heartbroken emperor resolved to immortalize her memory by creating the finest monument ever seen, the Taj Mahal.
  悲痛欲绝的皇帝于是决定建造一座人间最华丽的陵墓泰姬陵来永远怀念亡妻。
• It is well accepted that HPV-16/ 18 may immortalize cells of different tissues in vitro.
  体外实验证实HPV-16／18可引起多种不同组织来源的细胞永生化。
• "It's not for everyone," vanden Biesen admitted, adding that for those who do chose to immortalize their loved ones in jewelry, the experience is extremely positive.
  “不是每个人都会这样做，”范登比森说。他还补充说，对于那些确实想用钻石来纪念亲人的人，这种做法确实很不错。
• When he looked about him for another and a less intractable damsel to immortalize in melody, memory produced one with the most obliging readiness.
  卡罗尔太太一看到姑娘变化了的神情，便受到了一个新的念头的启发。
• He would immortalize her in a poem.
  他会在诗歌里让她不朽。
• For rapid establishment of mouse thymic stromal cell ( MTSC) lines, gene transfection was used to immortalize fresh viable cells.
  利用基因转染方法使细胞获得不死性，快速建立小鼠胸腺基质细胞（MTSC）系。
• The answer, of course, is immortalize you and your companions in my historical records.
  而答案当然是让你和你的夥伴们名留我的史册。