词语释义

英 [ɪ'tɜːnɪtɪ; iː-] 美 [ɪ'tɝnəti]

n. 来世，来生；不朽；永世

单词分析：

记忆方法：暂无,等待补充.

英英释义

Noun:

time without end

a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife

a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)

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单词词源

中文词源

eternity 永恒

来自eternal, 永久。

英语词源

eternity (n.)

late 14c., "quality of being eternal," from Old French eternité "eternity, perpetuity" (12c.), from Latin aeternitatem (nominative aeternitas), from aeternus "enduring, permanent" (see eternal). Meaning "infinite time" is from 1580s. In the Mercian hymns, Latin aeternum is glossed by Old English ecnisse.

词态变化

权威造句

1. I have always found the thought of eternity terrifying.

我向来觉得永生的想法很可怕。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The war continued for an eternity.

那场战争持续了极长的一段时间。

来自柯林斯例句

3. There will be rich and poor for all eternity.

贫富将永远存在。

来自《权威词典》

4. He waited for an eternity.

他无尽期地等待着.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. God will live for all eternity.

上帝是永存的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

近反义词

send someone to eternity 送某人上西天,把某人...

launch into eternity 死

send someone into eternity 送某人上西天,把某人...

相似短语

to eternity 直至永远

be in eternity 死,在黄泉

lauch into eternity (使)一命归阴, 死

eternity ring n. 永恒戒，永恒钻戒

an eternity box n.棺材

launch into eternity 一命归天,死

eternity box 棺材

throughout eternity 永远,永久,万古千秋

send sb.to eternity v. 使某人死去

a little eternity 一段很长的时间