forever
adverb (UK also for ever) uk/fəˈre.vər/ us/fɔːˈrev.ɚ/
B1 永远
for all time
I like the house but I don't imagine I'll live there forever. 我喜欢那栋房子，但是我想我不会在那里永远住下去。
B2 长久地
for an extremely long time or too much time
We'd better walk a bit quicker - it's going to take forever if we go at this pace. 我们最好走快一点儿——如果以这个速度走下去，我们得走很久。
频繁地，老是
very often
She's forever telling him she's going to leave him but she never actually does. 她老是跟他说要离开他，但实际上从未那样做过。
- More examples
- Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.
- I know she's gone forever, but I just can't put her out of my mind.
- That look of pure grief would be imprinted on her mind forever.
- The awful sound of the crash will be stamped on her memory forever.
- The city has a timeless quality as if it had existed forever.