The word "forever" is an adverb with multiple meanings, indicating permanence ("eternally; eternally; perpetually"), complete change ("completely; eternally"), lengthy duration, often humorously ("for a long time; endlessly"), frequent and annoying actions ("always; incessantly"), or a constant state ("always; constantly"). It can also be spelled "for ever" in British English and is used in phrases like "last forever" and "took forever."
The word "forever" is an adverb with multiple meanings, indicating permanence ("永远;永恒;永久"), complete change ("完全地;永恒地"), lengthy duration, often humorously ("长久地;无尽头地"), frequent and annoying actions ("老是;没完没了地"), or a constant state ("总是;始终"). It can also be spelled "for ever" in British English and is used in phrases like "last forever" and "took forever."
The spelling for ever is also used for meanings 1, 2, and 3. 拼写 for ever 亦用于义项1,2和3。
1
[ADV 副词]永远;永恒;永久 If you say that something will happen or continue forever, you mean that it will always happen or continue.
[ADV with v]
I think that we will live together forever...
我想我们会永远生活在一起。
It was great fun but we knew it wouldn't go on for ever...
这很开心,但是我们知道不会永远这样。
I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.
我将永远感激他的大量投入。
2
[ADV 副词]完全地;永恒地 If something has gone or changed forever, it has gone or changed completely and permanently.
[ADV after v]
The old social order was gone forever...
旧的社会秩序一去不复返了。
Their lives changed forever.
他们的生活完全改变了。
3
[ADV 副词]长久地;无尽头地 If you say that something takes forever or lasts forever, you are emphasizing that it takes or lasts a very long time, or that it seems to.
[ADV after v]
[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
The drive seemed to take forever...
车似乎永远也开不到头。
They didn't cost anything and they lasted forever.
它们花不了多少钱,却非常耐用。
4
[ADV 副词]老是;没完没了地 If you say that someone is forever doing a particular thing, especially something which annoys or amuses you, you are emphasizing that they do it very often.
[ADV before v-cont]
[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
He was forever attempting to arrange deals...
他老是想撮合交易。
I was forever dragging him away from the fireplace.
我老是要把他从壁炉边拉开。
5
[ADV 副词]总是;始终 You use forever to emphasize that someone always has or shows the quality mentioned.
[ADV adj]
[emphasis]
Katherine was forever secretive...
凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。
To this end the young child is forever watchful.
这个年纪不大的孩子为此始终保持警惕。
Oxford
for·ever★/fərˈevə(r); NAmEfərˈevər/adverb1★(BrE alsofor ever)used to say that a particular situation or state will always exist 永远◆I'll love you forever!我永远爱你!◆After her death, their lives changed forever.她死后他们的生活从此改变了。◆Just keep telling yourself that it won't last forever.要不停地提醒自己,这不会永世长存的。2★(BrE alsofor ever)( informal) a very long time 长久地◆It takes her forever to get dressed.她穿衣打扮要用好长的时间。3( informal) used with verbs in the progressive tenses to say that sb does sth very often and in a way that is annoying to other people (与动词进行时连用)老是,没完没了地◆She's forever going on about how poor they are.她老是没完没了地讲他们有多穷。for·ever/fərˈevə(r); NAmEfərˈevər/
LDC
foreverfor‧ev‧er (also for ever British English) /fərˈevə $ -ər/ ●●●S2W3 adverb
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1for all future time: I wanted that moment to last forever. Many valuable works of art were lost forever.► see thesaurus at
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2especially spoken for a very long time: Once built, stone walls last forever. It took forever to clean up after the party. The meeting seemed to go on forever and a day.3 be forever doing something spoken to do something often, especially in a way that annoys peopleSYN be always doing something: He’s forever making comments about my weight.4forever and ever a phrase meaning forever, used especially in stories5go on forever American English to be extremely long or large: The road just went on forever.
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