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eternity

/ih-tur-ni-tee/US // ɪˈtɜr nɪ ti //UK // (ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ) //

永恒,永生,永恒的,长生不老

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

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Examples

  • 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.