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单词 eternity
释义
eternity
noun
uk
/ɪˈtɜː.nə.ti/us
/ɪˈtɝː.nə.t̬i/
[U]
timethat neverendsor that has nolimits:
永远，永恒；无穷
They haven't been given theserightsfor (all)eternity - they shouldjustifyhaving them just like most otherpeoplehave to.这些权利并非永久性地赋予他们——他们应该像其他大多数人必须要做的那样，证明自己有资格享有这些权利。
Religionsgainsome oftheirworldlypowerbyclaimingthey have thekeyto eternity(= astateofexistenceoutsidenormallife).宗教所拥有的世俗权力中有一些是靠宣称自己拥有通往永恒的钥匙获得的。
an eternity
a verylongtime:
极长的一段时间
Themoviewent on for whatseemedlikean eternity.这部电影长得好像永远演不到头。
Ninemonthsis alongtimefor anyone, but it's an eternity for the veryyoung.对任何人来说，9个月都是很长的一段时间，而对于小孩子来说，简直就是遥遥无期。
For the firsttimein whatseemedlike an eternity, she had thechancetorest.
In theworldofpolitics, threeweeksis an eternity.
Wewaitedfor an eternity for theconcerttobegin.
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  • -athon
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  • be insomethingfor the long haulidiom
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  • donkey's yearsidiom
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  • epoch
  • era
  • forever
  • forever and a dayidiom
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Idiom

sendsomeoneto eternity
(Definition ofeternityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
eternity
noun
uk
/ɪˈtɜː.nə.ti/us
/ɪˈtɝː.nə.t̬i/
[U]
timethat neverendsor that has nolimits
永远，永恒；无穷
They haven't been given theserightsfor (all)eternity - they shouldjustifyhaving them just like most otherpeoplehave to.这些权利并非永久性地赋予他们——他们应该像其他大多数人必须要做的那样，证明自己有资格享有这些权利。
Religionsgainsome oftheirworldlypowerbyclaimingthey have thekeyto eternity(= astateofexistenceoutsidenormallife).宗教所拥有的世俗权力中有一些是靠宣称自己拥有通往永恒的钥匙获得的。
an eternity
a verylongtime
极长的一段时间
Themoviewent on for whatseemedlikean eternity.这部电影长得好像永远演不到头。
Ninemonthsis alongtimefor anyone, but it's an eternity for the veryyoung.对任何人来说，9个月都是很长的一段时间，而对于小孩子来说，简直就是遥遥无期。

Idiom

sendsbto eternity

eternity| American Dictionary

eternity
noun[U]
us
/ɪˈtɜr·nɪ·t̬i/
timethat neverends:
At herage,evena fewmonthscanseemlike an eternity.
(Definition ofeternityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeternity

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One cannot constraineternityto either the past or the future.
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Underlying this motif, therefore, is a dialectical relationship between history andeternitywhose interrelationship ultimately redeems time itself.
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On the other hand, temporaleternity, or even eternal regularity a parte ante, is no explanation of the fact that something exists here and now.
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We are promised spiritualeternity, so why not a fatalism?
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And theeternitycondition narrows the range of certitude to ' 'necessary intelligibles,' ' which it seems unlikely that one could know merely accidentally.
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Intellectual time resembleseternity; it is a pattern ofeternity; it accordingly governs the sensible world, and physical time participates in it.
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This leads, then, to a discussion of divineeternity.
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For aneternity/ to feel the breath lent him / to breathe in humanity?
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From this text, one could gain the impression that it is possible for dialectic to prove theeternityor the non-eternityof the world.
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In doing so, conversion is removed from being an isolated political act and regarded as part of the temporal process which precedeseternity.
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All this language, in my opinion, weakens, if not obliterates, the distinction betweeneternityand the whole of time.
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Second, one can say that the body was initially at rest in pre-eternity, then it moved.
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If we cannot graspeternityas a movement forwards or backwards, we might think of it as circular or repetitive.
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According to that, they have the opinion that he upholds theeternityof the world.
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Ironically, it is through this dying that the depth of non-ego and its infinity andeternitycan be glimpsed.
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