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.
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.
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.
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。