forever

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adv. 永远

发音

UK /fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/
US /fəˈɹɛvɚ/
US /fɚˈɛvɚ/
US /fɔɹˈɛvɚ/

词形变化

forevers 复数 forevers

别名

Forever for ever fore'er fo'ever foreva forevuh f'rever 224

教材释义与例句

副词

永远；不断地；常常

for all future time

I wanted that moment to last forever .

我希望那一刻成为永远。

Many valuable works of art were lost forever.

许许多多珍贵的艺术品永远消失了。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An extremely long time.

    非正式 可数 不可数

    I haven't seen him in forever!

    It took me forever to make up my mind.

    Don't spend forever on the phone!

    She should've been here five forevers ago!

  2. 2.

    A mythical time in the future that will never come.

    非正式 诗歌 不可数 可数

    Sure, I'd be happy to meet with you on the 12th of forever.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.

    非正式
adv. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.

    永久

    永远

    I shall love you forever.

  2. 2.

    For a very long time, a seeming eternity.

    非正式

    We had to wait forever to get inside.

    That was forever ago.

  3. 3.

    Constantly or frequently.

    You are forever nagging me.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 8

always constantly eternally evermore incessantly perpetually everlastingly forever and a day

相关短语

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词源

Univerbation of for ever, from Middle English for ever, for evere. By surface analysis, for + ever. First attested in the late 14c., and first attested in the late 17c. as one word. Noun first attested in 1858.

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