forever

英 [fərˈevə(r)]

美 [fərˈevər]

adv.  永远; 长久地; (与动词进行时连用)老是，没完没了地

高考CET4CET6考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.3798 / COCA.2082

牛津词典

adv.

• 永远
  used to say that a particular situation or state will always exist
  1. I'll love you forever!
     我永远爱你！
  2. After her death, their lives changed forever.
     她死后他们的生活从此改变了。
  3. Just keep telling yourself that it won't last forever.
     要不停地提醒自己，这不会永世长存的。
• 长久地
  a very long time
  1. It takes her forever to get dressed.
     她穿衣打扮要用好长的时间。
• （与动词进行时连用）老是，没完没了地
  used with verbs in the progressive tenses to say that sb does sth very often and in a way that is annoying to other people
  1. She's forever going on about how poor they are.
     她老是没完没了地讲他们有多穷。

柯林斯词典

The spelling for ever is also used for meanings 1, 2, and 3. 拼写 for ever 亦用于义项1，2和3。


• ADV 永远;永恒;永久
  If you say that something will happen or continueforever, you mean that it will always happen or continue.
  1. I think that we will live together forever...
     我想我们会永远生活在一起。
  2. It was great fun but we knew it wouldn't go on for ever...
     这很开心，但是我们知道不会永远这样。
  3. I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.
     我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• ADV 完全地;永恒地
  If something has gone or changedforever, it has gone or changed completely and permanently.
  1. The old social order was gone forever...
     旧的社会秩序一去不复返了。
  2. Their lives changed forever.
     他们的生活完全改变了。
• ADV 长久地;无尽头地
  If you say that something takesforeveror lastsforever, you are emphasizing that it takes or lasts a very long time, or that it seems to.
  1. The drive seemed to take forever...
     车似乎永远也开不到头。
  2. They didn't cost anything and they lasted forever.
     它们花不了多少钱，却非常耐用。
• ADV 老是;没完没了地
  If you say that someone isforeverdoing a particular thing, especially something which annoys or amuses you, you are emphasizing that they do it very often.
  1. He was forever attempting to arrange deals...
     他老是想撮合交易。
  2. I was forever dragging him away from the fireplace.
     我老是要把他从壁炉边拉开。
• ADV 总是;始终
  You useforeverto emphasize that someone always has or shows the quality mentioned.
  1. Katherine was forever secretive...
     凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。
  2. To this end the young child is forever watchful.
     这个年纪不大的孩子为此始终保持警惕。

双语例句

• The time when they could do just as they pleased has gone forever.
  他们为所欲为的时代已经一去不复返了。
• Katherine was forever secretive
  凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。
• You'll never get that ball back& it's lost forever.
  你再也找不回那个球了&永远也找不回来了。
• They were through. They wanted out. Forever
  他们受够了，他们想要解脱，永远的解脱。
• May the friendship between the peoples of ( our) two countries last forever.
  祝两国人民的友谊万古长青。
• The scene will remain forever engraved on my memory.
  那情景将永远铭刻在我的记忆中。
• I'm forever on a diet, since I put on weight easily
  我永远都在减肥，因为我很容易长胖。
• They didn't cost anything and they lasted forever.
  它们花不了多少钱，却非常耐用。
• She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother
  她总是在为她不方便外出的祖母跑前跑后。
• The drive seemed to take forever
  车似乎永远也开不到头。