Front | eternal |
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Pron | [ɪ'tɜːrnl] |
Back | 【ETERNAL】 Most religions in the world promise eternal life after one's death. 世上的大多数宗教都预言人死后能得到永生。 【重点词汇】 eternal adj. 永恒的 反: momentary |
Vocab | eternalcontinuing forever or indefinitely
If something lasts forever or even it if just feels like it’s going to last forever, you could call it eternal, which means that it goes on and on and will never change or end. The Fountain of Youth is a mythical spring of water that rewards its bathers with eternal life, free from sickness and death forever. The Latin root of eternal is aeternalis, translating roughly as “of great age,” and eternal things are really, really old. Eternal can describe an abstract idea that never changes, like the eternal truths of war, or it can describe an annoyance that you wish would end, like the eternal boredom you feel watching a really dull movie. All forms of 'eternal' will appear on average once every 102 pages. eternal eternalise eternalize eternally eternise eternity eternize |
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