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单词 preserved in aspic
释义

preserved in aspic

English

Adjective

preserved in aspic (comparative more preserved in aspic, superlative most preserved in aspic)

  1. (idiomatic) Unchanged, especially if contrary to expectation
    • Johnston, G., Robertson, E. (2019). BBC World Service: Overseas Broadcasting, 1932–2018. Germany: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.285
      “He (John Birt - Former BBC Director General) described the (World) service as ‘preserved in aspic, speaking with the plummy tones of a Britain that scarcely existed any longer.”
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