eternal

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1 ALWAYS/FOREVERcontinuing for ever and having no end 永远的；永恒的

the Christian promise of eternal life

基督教承诺的永生

She’s an eternal optimist (=she always expects that good things will happen).

她永远是个乐观主义者。

► see thesaurus at permanent

2 LONG TIMEseeming to continue for ever, especially because of being boring or annoying 似乎无休止的；没完没了的 SYN never-ending

the eternal arguments between mother and son

母子间没完没了的争吵

3. eternal truths TRUEprinciples that are always true 永恒的真理

Examples from the Corpus

eternal• Their sharp, shuddery relevance to our own eternal conflicts shows clear.• Night after night, Manson was aware of his eternal hunger.• Church members express a belief in eternal life after death.• The possibility of eternal life is a principle belief of many religions.• They could only have believed that tanks had eternal lives.• The eternal quest for immortality will be in vain until we know the answer - unfortunately, we don't.• Even eternal salvation has become something sold in the marketplace.• Many of these leave a very big question mark as to their eternal significance.• The conflict between mind and machine might be resolved at last in the eternal truce of complete symbiosis...• Yet, surely, the eternal verities of any game still apply.• Making the right choices, like protecting freedom, demands eternal vigilance.• people searching for eternal youth• the search for eternal youth

Origin eternal

(1300-1400) Old French Latin aeternus “eternal”

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