eternal

英 [?'t??n(?)l; i?-] 美[?'t?nl]

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副詞:?eternally;

1. eternal fire 長明燈(墳前的燈).

eternal 永久的

來自拉丁語aeviternus, 永久，永恒。來自詞根ev, 長久，時期，詞源同eon, longevity.

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.

1. The series chronicles the everyday adventures of two eternal bachelors.: 這個系列劇按照時間順序記述了兩個老光棍每天的奇遇。

5. The principles of the Paris Commune radiates with eternal light.: 巴黎公社的原則閃耀著不滅的光輝.