eternity是什么意思？

eternity

英[ɪˈtɜ:nəti] 美[ɪˈtɜrnəti]

• n. 永恒，[宗]来世，永生，永劫，万年，不朽；

例句

• God will live for all eternity. 上帝是永存的。
• This circular pendant symbolizing harmony and eternity is both timeless and classic. 本通告挂件,象征着永恒的和谐,既是永恒经典.
• It is about mummies and treasures, about sphinxes and pyramids, about majesty, supremacy, magic and eternity. 这本书讲述了木乃伊和宝藏, 狮身人面像和金字塔, 讲述王权 、 霸权 、 魔法和来世.
• By outstripping history, one acquires superconsciousness, an important ingredient of eternity. 凭藉超过历史, 人获得了超意识, 这是一种重要的永恒因素.
• I believe that life is infinitesimally brief in relation to the immensity of eternity. 我相信一旦跟永恒所具有的那种广博深厚联系起来,人生只不过是极其短暂的一瞬.
• Eternity is inapprehensible to mankind. 永恒非人类所可理解.
• He waited for an eternity. 他无尽期地等待着.
• There will be rich and poor for all eternity. 贫富将永远存在。
• 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。
• The war continued for an eternity... 那场战争持续了极长的一段时间。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  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.
  例句
  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
• N-SING
  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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  永恒
  God will live for all eternity. 上帝是永存的。
  似乎相当长的一段时间
  He waited for an eternity. 他无尽期地等待着。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. time without end
  2. a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
  3. a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)