单词 | forever |
释义 | forever (once / 167 pages) adv Things that last forever never come to an end — they continue endlessly. An experience that changes you forever alters you in ways that will last the rest of your life. The adverb forever literally means "eternally," so when you promise, "I'll love you forever." you mean it. You can also use forever in a less literal, more exaggerated way: "It is taking forever for the bus to get here," or to mean "without stopping," as when you comment that the rain can't continue forever. The word combines for and ever, which stems from the Old English æfre, "always." WORD FAMILYforever USAGE EXAMPLESThey fought and fought and then, in their final breaths they hit Penn State with a force that USC football lore will remember forever. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) It's seared into his memory as the day his life changed forever. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Montgomery County Judge Mary Wiseman said Meno would be “forever disqualified’ from holding any public position of trust in Ohio. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adv for a limitless time no one can live forever Syn eternally, everlastingly, evermore 2adv for a very long or seemingly endless time she took forever to write the paper we had to wait forever and a day Syn forever and a day 3adv without interruption Syn always, constantly, incessantly, perpetually |
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