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eternity n.永远；来世；不朽；漫长的时间 (1) 你的灵魂将永远枯萎。(2) 贫富将永远存在。(3) 这传道士向我们许诺会有来世。(4) 但对于爱着的人而言，时间是永恒。(5) 又一个小时过去了，可在汉斯母亲看来似乎过了很漫长的时间。 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.

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英 [ɪ'tɜːnəti] 美 [ɪ'tɜːrnəti] (1) Your soul will languish for eternity.(2) There will be rich and poor for all eternity.(3) The preacher promised us eternity.(4) But for those who love,time is eternity.(5) Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans' mother like an eternity. 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. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]永恒；永生；不朽 Eternity is time without an end or a state of existence outside time, especially the state which some people believe they will pass into after they have died. I have always found the thought of eternity terrifying.我向来觉得永生的想法很可怕。...laying him to rest for all eternity.让他永远安息2[N-SING 单数名词]极长的一段时间；似乎无穷尽的一段时间 If you say that a situation lasted for an eternity, you mean that it seemed to last an extremely long time, usually because it was boring or unpleasant.   [a N]The war continued for an eternity...那场战争持续了极长的一段时间。The ringing went on for what seemed an eternity, and then someone answered.电话响了似乎很长一段时间，然后有人接了电话。

英语单词	eternity
英美音标	英 [ɪ'tɜːnəti] 美 [ɪ'tɜːrnəti]
中文释义	n.永远；来世；不朽；漫长的时间
英语例句	(1) Your soul will languish for eternity. (2) There will be rich and poor for all eternity. (3) The preacher promised us eternity. (4) But for those who love,time is eternity. (5) Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans' mother like an eternity.
中文例句	(1) 你的灵魂将永远枯萎。 (2) 贫富将永远存在。 (3) 这传道士向我们许诺会有来世。 (4) 但对于爱着的人而言，时间是永恒。 (5) 又一个小时过去了，可在汉斯母亲看来似乎过了很漫长的时间。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]永恒；永生；不朽 Eternity is time without an end or a state of existence outside time, especially the state which some people believe they will pass into after they have died. I have always found the thought of eternity terrifying. 我向来觉得永生的想法很可怕。 ...laying him to rest for all eternity. 让他永远安息 2 [N-SING 单数名词]极长的一段时间；似乎无穷尽的一段时间 If you say that a situation lasted for an eternity, you mean that it seemed to last an extremely long time, usually because it was boring or unpleasant. [a N] The war continued for an eternity... 那场战争持续了极长的一段时间。 The ringing went on for what seemed an eternity, and then someone answered. 电话响了似乎很长一段时间，然后有人接了电话。

Eternity Long Time Means Waiting People State 英