eternal

• adj. 永恒的；不朽的

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中文词源

来自拉丁语aeviternus, 永久，永恒。来自词根ev, 长久，时期，词源同eon, longevity.

英文词源

eternal

eternal: [14] Something that is eternal lasts literally for ‘aeons’. The word comes via Old French eternal from aeternālis, a late Latin development of the Latin adjective aeternus ‘eternal’. This in turn was a derivative of aevum ‘age’ (which crops up in English medieval, primeval, etc), a relative of Greek aión ‘age’ (from which English gets aeon) and archaic English aye ‘ever’.
=> aeon, aye, ever

eternal (adj.)

late 14c., from Old French eternel "eternal," or directly from Late Latin aeternalis, from Latin aeternus "of an age, lasting, enduring, permanent, everlasting, endless," contraction of aeviternus "of great age," from aevum "age" (see eon). Used since Middle English both of things or conditions without beginning or end and things with a beginning only but no end. A parallel form, Middle English eterne, is from Old French eterne (cognate with Spanish eterno), directly from Latin aeternus. Related: Eternally. The Eternal (n.) for "God" is attested from 1580s.

双语例句

1. The series chronicles the everyday adventures of two eternal bachelors.

这个系列剧按照时间顺序记述了两个老光棍每天的奇遇。

来自柯林斯例句

2. In the background was that eternal hum.

背景音是没完没了的嗡嗡声。

来自柯林斯例句

3. the promise of eternal life in heaven

在天国永生的许诺

来自《权威词典》

4. the eternal verities of life

生命永恒的真理

来自《权威词典》

5. 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.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》