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Indefinitely Unlimited Las I Continue 英 ɪn'defɪnətli] 美 ɪn'defɪnətli

英语单词 indefinitely
英美音标 英 [ɪn'defɪnətli] 美 [ɪn'defɪnətli]
中文释义 adv.无限地;不确定地;模糊地
英语例句 (1) Indeed, if they remarry they can postpone it almost indefinitely.
中文例句 (1) 事实上,如果男性再婚的话他们几乎可以无限地推迟这种不谐。
vocabulary简明 Use the adverb indefinitely to describe something that happens for an unlimited amount of time or to an unlimited extent. Kittens could bat around a ball of string indefinitely.
vocabulary扩展 When your cousin postpones her wedding indefinitely after her fiancé’s “business trip” to Las Vegas, you probably want to hold off on buying a gift. They may work things out, but sometimes people intend indefinitely to be synonymous with forever. Like, “We can’t keep fighting over that weekend I spent in Las Vegas indefinitely…”
柯林斯解释
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[ADV 副词]无限期地 If a situation will continue indefinitely, it will continue for ever or until someone decides to change it or end it.
  [ADV with v]
  • The visit has now been postponed indefinitely...

    访问如今被无限期推迟。

  • I couldn't stay there indefinitely.

    我不能无限期地呆在那里。

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