forever

英 [fər'evə(r)] 美 [fər'evər]

• adv. 永远

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 永远

   for all time

2. 总是,不断地,无休止地

   at all times; constantly or persistently

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 永远，永恒，永久
2. 老是，总是
3. 不断地
4. 长久地
5. 常常，经常
6. 永世，终生
7. 永无止境地，无尽地，无休止地，没完没了地
8. 遥遥无期地
9. 始终，一直

n. 名词

1. 永远
2. 漫长时间

英英释义

Adverb:

1. for a limitless time;

   "no one can live forever"
   "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"
   

2. for a very long or seemingly endless time;

   "she took forever to write the paper"
   "we had to wait forever and a day"
   

3. without interruption;

   "the world is constantly changing"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. This terrible event is etched forever in my memory.
   这一可怕事件永远深深地印刻在我的记忆中。
2. The vassal swore that he would be loyal to the king forever.
   这位封臣宣誓他将永远忠诚于国王。
3. The lovers promised to be faithful forever.
   这对情人互相许诺永不变心。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. I'll remember him forever.
   我将永远记住他。
2. I hope we'll remain friends forever.
   我希望我们永远做朋友。
3. They thought that their empire would last forever.
   他们认为他们的王国会永存。
4. Teacher is powerful in a child's eyes forever.
   老师在孩子们的心中永远是强者。
5. I will be faithful to you forever.
   我将永远对你忠实。
6. I shall love my work forever.
   我会一辈子热爱我的工作。
7. Just when I thought I had lost the letter forever, it blew right back into my hand!
   正当我以为那封信已永远丢失的时候,它好像又被风吹回来了。
8. I suppose you two have known each other forever.
   我想你俩已经认识很久了吧。
9. They are forever arguing.
   他们总是争吵。

经典引文

• Hitherto certainly, and probably it will be so for ever.

  出自： J. Morley

• Do people recover from such pain, or are they damaged forever?

  出自： E. Feinstein

• We felt that we'd known each other forever.

  出自：Look Now

常用短语

用作副词 (adv.)

take forever

花很长时间 take an extremely long time
take sb forever
Go by underground— it'll take you forever if you go by bus.

坐地铁去吧!要是你乘公共汽车去,得花很长的时间。

词汇搭配

用作副词 (adv.)

动词+～

• live forever 长生不老
• love forever 永远热爱
• remember forever 永远记住

词语用法

adv. (副词)

1. forever的基本意思是指某一件事情将不停地继续下去,即“永远”,还可表示一件事情一去不复返了,即“永久”。
2. forever常用于肯定句,在否定句中可用ever。forever在表示“永远”时,多用来修饰静态动词,表示“不停地,无休止地”时,用于现在进行时或过去进行时来表达厌恶、不耐烦或赞叹的感情,其位置总是在be和分词之间。
3. forever还可写作for ever,前者是美式英语,后者是英式英语。

近反义词

【近义词】

• always
• constantly
• continuously