eternity 的定义
plural e·ter·ni·ties.
- infinite time; duration without beginning or end.
- eternal existence, especially as contrasted with mortal life: the eternity of God.
- Theology. the timeless state into which the soul passes at a person's death.
- an endless or seemingly endless period of time: We had to wait an eternity for the check to arrive.
- eternities, the truths or realities of life and thought that are regarded as timeless or eternal.
eternity 近义词
forever
更多eternity例句
- If you want to build a paradise on Earth or you want to achieve your salvation in eternity, you may go to war because you’ll feel less frightened of death and you’re part of a much greater cause.
- Kylie’s time under house arrest soon grows quite eventful, but it starts out with the palpable slow slog of eternity.
- We waited for what seemed like an eternity before the light was extinguished accompanied by the sound of glass shattering and a dog barking.
- Accelerating this way meant that Santul ran about 45 seconds faster, which can feel like an eternity when running a marathon.
- The wizened 69-year-old, with a Gandalf-like demeanor and a do-it-yourself ethos, wants to preserve information for eternity.
- After what seemed a desperate eternity, a doctor shook his head.
- The Newsroom aired its final episode on Sunday, already an eternity ago in news-cycle terms.
- He rests lavishly, depicted in a marble sarcophagus that stares up for eternity at the carved depictions of his life story.
- But this is also a parody of narcissism, just a little detour to eternity.
- Finally, after an eternity—lasting maybe two seconds—I did what I usually do when faced with fear squatting in my stomach.
- The blessings of time and eternity constitute the part of the promise offered to believers, through Christ.
- One instant in all eternity would have made just the difference between life and death to you.
- He who wrongs a fellow-creature wrongs himself as well, and wrongs both for all eternity.
- At the close of the supper he filled his glass, and rising, proposed to drink to the eternity of the Republic.
- An eternity did it seem before those men returned and marched once more over his head.