| 词汇 | since time immemorial |
| 词源 | since time immemorial. We have used this phrase for at least eight centuries to mean “ancient beyond man’s memory or rec- ords.” But in English law time immemorial, according to a 1275 statute, is any time prior to 1189, the year Richard I came to power in England. |
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