| 单词 | eternity |
| 释义 | eternity (once / 443 pages) 1n 2n Eternity means "forever," like living for all eternity. Or it can mean something that seems like it will go on for forever, like waiting an eternity for your sister to get out of the bathroom. Eternity means "time without end, or infinity," like people who promise to love one another for eternity — they aren't planning to ever split up. When you put the word an before eternity, you can use it to describe a very long — too long — period of time, so that you can use it to complain. For example, you might use the phrase "it felt like an eternity," after waiting twenty minutes to get an ice cream cone. WORD FAMILYeternity: eternities+/eternal: eternalise, eternalize, eternally, eternise, eternity, eternize/eternalise: eternalised/eternalize: eternalized, eternalizes, eternalizing/eternise: eternised, eternises, eternising/eternize: eternized, eternizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe shape represents eternity and serves as a reminder of the unending circle of life, she says. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) Right now, though, the choice may be between an eternity waiting for justice, or an eternity under Mr Jammeh. Economist(Dec 11, 2016) His songs number more than 350, capturing the significance of both the moment and its eternity, blending folk with rock and numerous other musical genres. Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) 1 1n time without end Syn|Hypo|Hyper infinity alpha and omega the first and last; signifies God's eternity time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past 2n a seemingly endless time interval (waiting) 2Hyper interval, time interval a definite length of time marked off by two instants n a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife Syn|Hyper timeless existence, timelessness being, beingness, existence the state or fact of existing |
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