英语词汇“indefinitely”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adv

Use the adverb indefinitely to describe something that happens for an unlimited amount of time or to an unlimited extent. Kittens could bat around a ball of string indefinitely.

When your cousin postpones her wedding indefinitely after her fiancé’s “business trip” to Las Vegas, you probably want to hold off on buying a gift. They may work things out, but sometimes people intend indefinitely to be synonymous with forever. Like, “We can’t keep fighting over that weekend I spent in Las Vegas indefinitely…”

WORD FAMILY

indefinite: indefinitely, indefiniteness, indefinity+/definite: definitely, definiteness, definitive, indefinite/definitive: definitively

USAGE EXAMPLES

The administration of these programs ensures that the units they produce remain affordable indefinitely.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

In Thursday’s ruling, all nine Supreme Court justices agreed that projects predating mid-2015 would not be protected indefinitely under older, less-strict rules.

Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016)

Ministers are considering introducing a law to indefinitely ban the media from identifying young offenders.

BBC(Dec 29, 2016)

adv to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time

this could go on indefinitely

单词	indefinitely
释义	indefinitely (once / 1134 pages) adv Use the adverb indefinitely to describe something that happens for an unlimited amount of time or to an unlimited extent. Kittens could bat around a ball of string indefinitely. When your cousin postpones her wedding indefinitely after her fiancé’s “business trip” to Las Vegas, you probably want to hold off on buying a gift. They may work things out, but sometimes people intend indefinitely to be synonymous with forever. Like, “We can’t keep fighting over that weekend I spent in Las Vegas indefinitely…” WORD FAMILY indefinite: indefinitely, indefiniteness, indefinity+/definite: definitely, definiteness, definitive, indefinite/definitive: definitively USAGE EXAMPLES The administration of these programs ensures that the units they produce remain affordable indefinitely. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) In Thursday’s ruling, all nine Supreme Court justices agreed that projects predating mid-2015 would not be protected indefinitely under older, less-strict rules. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Ministers are considering introducing a law to indefinitely ban the media from identifying young offenders. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) adv to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time this could go on indefinitely
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