eternal

英 [ɪˈtɜːnl]

美 [ɪˈtɜːrnl]

adj.  不朽的; 永久的; 永恒的; 无休止的; 永不停止的; 没完没了的
n.  永恒的事物; Eternal 上帝; 与定冠词the 连用

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.6025 / COCA.5626

习惯用语

adj.

hope springs eternal
• 人生永远充满希望
  people never stop hoping

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 永久的;永恒的;永远的
  Something that iseternallasts for ever.
  1. Whoever believes in Him shall have eternal life.
     所有相信上帝的人都会获得永生。
  2. ...the quest for eternal youth.
     对永葆青春的追求
• ADJ 无休止的;没完没了的
  If you describe something aseternal, you mean that it seems to last for ever, often because you think it is boring or annoying.
  1. In the background was that eternal hum.
     背景音是没完没了的嗡嗡声。
• ADJ （真理、价值、问题等）永恒的，不朽的
  Eternaltruths, values, and questions never change and are believed to be always true and to be relevant in all situations.
  1. ...the eternal truths of the Indian subcontinent.
     印度次大陆的永恒真理
  2. ...the eternal question.
     永恒的问题

英英释义

adj

• tiresomely long
  1. endless debates
  2. an endless conversation
  3. the wait seemed eternal
  4. eternal quarreling
  5. an interminable sermon
  Synonym:endlessinterminable
• continuing forever or indefinitely
  1. the ageless themes of love and revenge
  2. eternal truths
  3. life everlasting
  4. hell's perpetual fires
  5. the unending bliss of heaven
  Synonym:agelessaeonianeonianeverlastingperpetualunendingunceasing

双语例句

• We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies.
  我们没有永恒的同盟，我们也没有永久的敌人。
• The spirit is actually confirmed when people consider value and ethics universal and eternal.
  当人们认为具有普遍、永恒的价值与道德准则时，实际就肯定了道德研究中的科学精神。
• Stop this eternal chatter!
  不要唠叨个不停。
• I repine at the shortness of life, and envy the great river its eternal course.
  哀我生之须臾，羡长江之无穷。
• This is true, abiding, eternal love.
  这是真实的，持久的，永恒的爱。
• This scene depicts heaven, where God enjoys eternal life.
  这个场景描绘了天堂，在那里上主享受着永恒的生命。
• But a legendary physicist says he's found the first evidence of an eternal, cyclic cosmos.
  但是，一个传奇的物理学家说，他发现了一个永恒的宇宙循环的第一个证据。
• The principles of the Paris Commune radiates with eternal light.
  巴黎公社的原则闪耀着不灭的光辉。
• One single slip brings eternal regret, and looking back, your whole life has passed away.
  一失足成千古恨，再回头已过百年身。
• Because he chose to forsake eternal life for knowledge.
  因为他为了选择知识而放弃了永生。