forever

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for·ev·er (also for ever British English) /fərˈevə $ -ər/ S2 W3 adverbadv

1 ALWAYS/FOREVERfor all future time 永远

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。

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2 especially spokenLONG TIME for a very long time 长久地

Once built, stone walls last forever.

一旦建成，石墙可以经久不倒。

It took forever to clean up after the party.

聚会后收拾打扫花了很长时间。

The meeting seemed to go on forever and a day.

会议似乎要没完没了地开下去。

3 be forever doing something spoken to do something often, especially in a way that annoys people 老是做某事，不断做某事 SYN be always doing something

He’s forever making comments about my weight.

他老是议论我的体重。

Examples from the Corpus

be forever doing something• He never does his homework on time and is forever getting into trouble at school.• Science is forever trying to pinpoint the truth.• We bought a new washing machine. The old one was forever breaking down.

4. forever and ever ALWAYS/FOREVERa phrase meaning forever, used especially in stories 永远，永久〔尤用于故事中〕

Examples from the Corpus

forever and ever• And I want John to love me forever and ever.• Bless the underground stream that gave the town its water, and pray that it flows forever and ever.• He asked you for life, and you gave it to him - length of days forever and ever.• Praised be the Lord who is to be praised forever and ever.• She wanted it to go on forever and ever!• The only way out is to be Dennis's lover forever and ever.• To him be glory forever and ever.

5 go on forever American EnglishAmE to be extremely long or large 极长的；极大的

The road just went on forever.

长路漫漫，没有尽头。

Examples from the Corpus

go on forever• The train just seemed to go on forever.

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forever• God's love endures forever.• Well, I don't suppose the police will let the situation go on forever!• You go into marriage thinking it's going to last forever.• I'd like to stay here forever.• I'll remember you forever.• Let me see the map, or we'll be driving round here forever.• Those Popsicles have been in the freezer forever.• We had a game of Scrabble that seemed to go on forever.• I'm staying here. If I go with you, it'll take forever and a day.• And even within a single formation the relations between instances are forever changing.• These wool blankets pretty much last forever, don't they?• The memory of that awful day is forever etched in my mind.• One of the reasons the prairie may never be fully restored is that some parts are forever gone.• The explanation lay forever hidden in mystery.• Does all this mean that we are forever stuck with a specific impulse limit of about 450 seconds?• You can't avoid him forever, you know.

forever and a day• It lives with you forever and a day.• But if she were to look forever and a day, she would not find it.• Because we could row forever and a day, so we've decided not to.• It's going to take me forever and a day to pay for the trip, but it will be worth it.

for·ev·er adverbadv

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BNC: 3798 COCA: 2082

forever

Continuing without stopping: continuous, forever, permanent...

Continuing or existing for too long: lengthy, interminable, long...

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