Definition of eternal in English:

eternal

adjective ɪˈtəːn(ə)liːˈtəːn(ə)ləˈtərn(ə)l

1Lasting or existing forever; without end.
永恒的，永久的；永存的，不灭的
the secret of eternal youth
永葆青春的秘诀。
fear of eternal damnation
对遗臭万年的恐惧。
Example sentencesExamples
- All substances occur in atomic form, each atom being eternal and indestructible.
- They claimed to have found the answer to eternal youth.
- From inside, we could hear the screams of a thousand people that were being tortured, souls trapped in eternal damnation.
- The texts are bound together with some hymns and the story of an errant monk whom the Virgin Mary saved from eternal damnation.
- And what are the words to this spell that confers eternal youth and an infinite capacity for self-renewal?
- A Christian tells you that willful sin is open rebellion that will lead to eternal damnation unless you repent.
- It was sin, punishable by eternal damnation to hell.
- In that world there is neither motion nor passion nor diversity, but an eternal immutable calm.
- At this time, believers and unbelievers would be judged and assigned to either eternal bliss or eternal damnation.
- People are always searching for the secret to eternal youth.
- Deeply saddened that neither way would save them from the approaching eternal damnation, she started to fix her things and go home.
- So if you thought of punching your little brother or owning all of the ice cream in the world, you were surely destined for an after life of eternal damnation.
- She adopts the Catholic Church's philosophy of eternal damnation.
- Then the soul is sent either to heaven to enjoy the fruits of a decent life or condemned to eternal hell and damnation forever.
- To put it in terms of Hegel's own image: to understand God's eternal essence before the creation of the world is to understand the basis on which the world was created.
- The idea of an omniscient, eternal, and infinite being, for example, could not be like anything the senses encountered.
- Thus, she wanted these moments to last forever in the way most people desire eternal youth.
- Refusing to believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, and refusing the destiny he has for you, is accepting eternal damnation.
- The idea seems to be that while I have free will, I will nevertheless be punished with eternal and unspeakable suffering if I turn away from God.
- Before he can finish his mission, he's caught by an archdeacon and told that the only way he can avoid eternal damnation is by raising the child as his own.
Synonyms
everlasting, never-ending, endless, without end, perpetual, undying, immortal, deathless, indestructible, imperishable, immutable, abiding, permanent, enduring, infinite, boundless, timeless
rare sempiternal, perdurable
1. 1.1 (of truths, values, or questions) valid for all time; essentially unchanging.
  （真理，价值，问题）永恒的；永远不变的
  eternal truths of art and life
  艺术和生活的永恒真理。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He invested his time to serve God's purpose and pursue things with eternal value.
  Because as a human being you don't know the answers to the eternal questions.
  After 25 years of deep thought, Roger believes he has answered the eternal question as to why we are here.
  The eternal question is how I'm supposed to spend it.
  Agreed, the perception of truth may vary from person to person, but there is always one eternal truth.
  It isn't a holiday when you're faced every day with the eternal question of ‘where shall we live?’
  And with the process comes the question: is all this relentless modernisation really appropriate to eternal truth?
  I guess it's the eternal question if you're doing your own site or weblog, though - and I've seen enough discussion of it on other people's sites.
  And does it make sense to renounce the world in search of eternal truth?
  In this interview he talks about eternal values, old men and young women, and death.
  These are the eternal questions and ones that astronomers continue to ask.
  Here, then, is the definitive answer to the eternal question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
  We can sometimes forget in the modern era that some eternal truths remain unchanged; rugby is a game for hard men and hard-nosed men.
  But on the other hand, the eternal question is: can we blame these people for not bothering?
  The loss of objectivity leads us to question the existence of eternal or perennial truths.
  History was endlessly revised to make the present look like a confirmation of eternal, unchanging truths.
  Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them.
  He linked these themes to the eternal questions of what is love, what is the good life, and what death is.
  It's the eternal question - what would you do if money was no object?
  I, like many people, feel a need for the comfort of certainty and eternal truths, but that isn't what he and his ilk deliver.
2. 1.2informal Seeming to last or persist forever, especially on account of being tedious or annoying.
  〈非正式〉（尤指因冗长乏味或恼人而）似无休止的，不停的
  eternal nagging demands
  牢骚不断的无休止的要求。
  she is an eternal optimist
  她是个执着的乐天派。
  Example sentencesExamples
  After an eternal wait at the Chambers Street stop, we got onto a Brooklyn-bound train and collapsed in our seats.
  Or are Americans simply this world's eternal optimists?
  I barely even notice the day going by… it's the night that's the eternal wait.
  He readily admits mistakes were made before he joined but, like an eternal optimist, is eager today to find a silver lining in every cloud.
  I am an eternal optimist, so I am going to hope that it gets better.
  I hate to be the eternal optimist, but it's hard for me to look at it any other way.
  I'm an eternal cautious optimist though, and I can't be what I'm not.
  But there is still that eternal nagging voice in the back of your head saying, ‘If I throw stuff out now, I know that someday Ill need it.’
  After an eternal wait, my name was finally called to go in and have the procedure.
  Only an eternal optimist could expect success in the second half.
  This is something you see very rarely in football and you would have to be the most eternal optimist to think 3-0 down was a platform for victory.
  The error that could trip the party up here is the eternal misconception that students demand trendiness.
  An eternal optimist, proprietor Robert Finch has an amazing story to tell of the vicissitudes of farming emus.
  Perhaps I'm an eternal optimist, but I think these films have great impact.
  He waited eternal seconds as Jordan stared down at him.
  They never became disenchanted; they were the eternal optimists.
  I'll hand it to 'em, they're nothing if not the eternal optimists.
  The 61-year-old, still an eternal optimist, believes he can turn adversity to his advantage.
  You would have had to have been one of life's eternal optimists to have entertained thoughts like those.
  So, for all of my introspection and depression, I suppose the eternal optimist inside me is not far from the surface.
  Synonyms
  constant, continual, continuous, perpetual, persistent, sustained, unremitting, relentless, unrelenting, unrelieved, uninterrupted, unbroken, unabating, interminable, never-ending, non-stop, round-the-clock, always-on, incessant, endless, ceaseless
2Used to emphasize expressions of admiration, gratitude, etc.
用于强调表达钦佩、感激或其他情感永远
to his eternal credit, he maintained his dignity throughout
值得永远称道的是，他自始至终维护自己的尊严。
Example sentencesExamples
- McGeechan, to his eternal credit I must say, insists that you cannot blame the players, but the current squad can't be exempted from criticism.
- To Limerick's eternal credit they battled bravely, determinedly, and doggedly to the very end.
- I'm afraid that there wouldn't be anything in it for you other than maybe a few beers and my eternal gratitude, but I'm hoping someone will take pity on me.
- I don't expect eternal gratitude, or a formal thank you.
- Thousands of letters poured in from children with diabetes pledging their eternal gratitude.
- With eyes as tear-filled as hers, Joel looked at her, eternal gratitude written all over his face.
- But to the eternal credit of the losers, they never gave up.
- It is to his eternal credit that he had the decency to do as he did, which sums up the kind of honourable official the county manager is.
- My eternal thanks and gratitude to the medics for the prompt response, excellent care and caring shown to her at the time.
- I can't afford to pay anything, but you'll have my eternal gratitude and maybe I could knit you something.
- She has my eternal gratitude, straight from the heart, in coming at the right time in my life.
- It is to his eternal credit that for five months he managed to keep up the facade, and he only quit comedy six weeks before his death, when he was physically unable to perform.
- To his eternal credit he returned almost every year to Clonegal to visit his mother while she was alive, and still considered Clonegal his home.
- You both have our eternal admiration!
- But to Michael's eternal credit he was both polite and friendly.
- Parents accept this is not the fault of the doctors or nurses, who inspire loyalty and eternal gratitude for the excellent treatment children receive.
- To Dungarvan's eternal credit they mounted a magnificent fight back when teams of lesser resolve would have folded.
- To his eternal credit, Alan confronts them in a local pub, and their response is to take offence, cause offence and feel generally outraged by his attack.
- Indeed, it is to his eternal credit that there now stand three completely renovated, refurbished and most modern schools within the parish.
- To their eternal credit, the behaviour of all the crowds was excellent.
3Used to refer to an everlasting or universal spirit, as represented by God.
上帝
a man entirely under the sway of the Eternal and not of the material
Example sentencesExamples
- According to Irenaeus he claimed to have appeared in Samaria as the Father, in Judea as the Son, and among the heathen as the Holy Ghost, a manifestation of the Eternal.
- Since God suffuses all of life, film can cut through the encrusted vision with which we usually view this reality and reveal the Eternal.
- We are not to be distracted from our purpose, which is union with the Eternal, by becoming involved in what we today call ‘the rat race.’
- It is the masculine aspect of the androgynous Eternal.
- The Eternal which resides in the atman should be known.
- Saving humanity is small compared to doing the will of the Eternal.
- There is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal, Supporter of all.
- On the other hand, I have children that have a healthy outlook on Faith, and a personal relationship to the Eternal that I wish I could have had at their ages.

Phrases

the Eternal City

A name for the city of Rome.
不朽城（罗马的别称）

eternal life

Spiritual existence after death of the body.
the belief in eternal life
Example sentencesExamples
- There would be no promise of eternal life if Jesus had not first faced sin and death.
- I felt at peace because God had forgiven me, and my life had a purpose and the promise of eternal life in heaven.
- For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
- Biblically, eternal life and the resurrection of the body are essentially the same thing.
- According to this view, Jesus' death made salvation and eternal life possible for others.

eternal triangle

see triangle (sense 2 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
- When the pantomime is over a slide show is organised by Leonard which has, unbeknown to him, been doctored with incriminating slides which would affect the original eternal triangle.
- The eternal triangle can endlessly renew itself, placing new people into the same deadly relationships.
- Her actions and reactions to the eternal triangle, which developed between Mickey, Eddie and herself, were played with sensitivity.
- And matters are further complicated by Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny whose love for Christine is reciprocated, so adding the eternal triangle to the equation.
- The writer, the reader and the book form an eternal triangle with the book acting as the go-between.
- However, equity cannot be kept in abeyance until this balance is brought about in this eternal triangle.
- Playright Sridhar's directorial debut, the film looks at the eternal triangle and unrequited love, a motif common in Sridhar's films.
- A comedy set in the Vienna Prater of the 1860s, and involving an eternal triangle between a hussar, his high-born fiancée, and his former mistress, a street dancer.
- Barbara gets a little taste of karmic justice, as the eternal triangle becomes a quadrilateral.
- The eternal triangle of Baby Doe and Horace and Augusta Tabor was brought to vivid life by Joanna Mongiardo, Timothy Noble and Joyce Castle.
- To make an eternal triangle enter the story, both Sunalini and Bhageerathi meet and fall for a young man, Chandrayya.
- The eternal triangle, so often the diabolical shape at the centre of a murder plot.
- Penelope told her: " It's the eternal triangle Margie, but I don't think there is any sex in it.
- Some years ago, I witnessed a glorious soap opera in my balcony, the eternal triangle being the usual cause of it all.
- Bellini's Norma deals with the eternal triangle formed by a high priestess of the druidical temple, a virgin of the temple, and a Roman Pro-Consul.
- Not so much the eternal triangle, more the infernal quintuplet.
- Math plays no other role in the film (unless you include the eternal triangle).
- It is a sort of a menage a trois, or another twist on the eternal triangle.
- Clearly Hare's aim is to offer more than a few elegant variations on the eternal triangle.
- Come As You Are was a series of four short plays united by the theme of the eternal triangle.

Derivatives

eternality

noun iːˌtəːˈnalɪtiɪˌtəːˈnalɪti

Sweden's remarkable literary jury has for the second consecutive year held up a mirror to the values and politics of our times while honoring the eternality of great art.
Example sentencesExamples
- The stars, which symbolized infinity and eternality, suggested hope and shine in darkness.
- It possesses three spiritual qualities, namely eternality, knowledge, and bliss.
- Reflecting on the many attributes of God - his eternality, omniscience and omnipotence; his holiness and sinless purity; his love and mercy - should draw from us supreme praise and worship.
- The covenant which God made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob promised two things to their descendants: the eternality of the Jewish people and the Land of Israel.

eternalize

verb ɪˈtəːnəlʌɪziːˈtəːnəlʌɪzəˈtərn(ə)lˌaɪz

[with object]

Cause to last forever; perpetuate.
he will eternalize the conflict
Example sentencesExamples
- portraits of deceased relatives eternalized their image and memory
- The cathedrals of the Middle Ages would never have been built if Christianity had asked itself why it had the right to claim exclusive truth for its faith by eternalizing it in stone.
- Instead, love is immortalized and eternalized through death.
- Portraits of deceased relatives eternalized their image and memory and provided a way to ‘mitigate death's finality through art.’

eternalness

noun

At a level that you don't even consciously understand, you understand the eternalness of your being.
Example sentencesExamples
- Petrarch never attains the sense of eternalness essential for the construction of a stable self.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aeternalis, from Latin aeternus, from aevum 'age'.

Rhymes

colonel, diurnal, external, fraternal, infernal, internal, journal, kernel, maternal, nocturnal, paternal, supernal, vernal

Definition of eternal in US English:

eternal

adjectiveəˈtərn(ə)ləˈtərn(ə)l

1Lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning.
永恒的，永久的；永存的，不灭的
the secret of eternal youth
永葆青春的秘诀。
fear of eternal damnation
对遗臭万年的恐惧。
Example sentencesExamples
- It was sin, punishable by eternal damnation to hell.
- So if you thought of punching your little brother or owning all of the ice cream in the world, you were surely destined for an after life of eternal damnation.
- The idea of an omniscient, eternal, and infinite being, for example, could not be like anything the senses encountered.
- In that world there is neither motion nor passion nor diversity, but an eternal immutable calm.
- People are always searching for the secret to eternal youth.
- All substances occur in atomic form, each atom being eternal and indestructible.
- Then the soul is sent either to heaven to enjoy the fruits of a decent life or condemned to eternal hell and damnation forever.
- The texts are bound together with some hymns and the story of an errant monk whom the Virgin Mary saved from eternal damnation.
- They claimed to have found the answer to eternal youth.
- She adopts the Catholic Church's philosophy of eternal damnation.
- Refusing to believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, and refusing the destiny he has for you, is accepting eternal damnation.
- To put it in terms of Hegel's own image: to understand God's eternal essence before the creation of the world is to understand the basis on which the world was created.
- The idea seems to be that while I have free will, I will nevertheless be punished with eternal and unspeakable suffering if I turn away from God.
- From inside, we could hear the screams of a thousand people that were being tortured, souls trapped in eternal damnation.
- And what are the words to this spell that confers eternal youth and an infinite capacity for self-renewal?
- Thus, she wanted these moments to last forever in the way most people desire eternal youth.
- A Christian tells you that willful sin is open rebellion that will lead to eternal damnation unless you repent.
- Deeply saddened that neither way would save them from the approaching eternal damnation, she started to fix her things and go home.
- Before he can finish his mission, he's caught by an archdeacon and told that the only way he can avoid eternal damnation is by raising the child as his own.
- At this time, believers and unbelievers would be judged and assigned to either eternal bliss or eternal damnation.
Synonyms
everlasting, never-ending, endless, without end, perpetual, undying, immortal, deathless, indestructible, imperishable, immutable, abiding, permanent, enduring, infinite, boundless, timeless
1. 1.1 (of truths, values, or questions) valid for all time; essentially unchanging.
  （真理，价值，问题）永恒的；永远不变的
  eternal truths of art and life
  艺术和生活的永恒真理。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Agreed, the perception of truth may vary from person to person, but there is always one eternal truth.
  The loss of objectivity leads us to question the existence of eternal or perennial truths.
  History was endlessly revised to make the present look like a confirmation of eternal, unchanging truths.
  Because as a human being you don't know the answers to the eternal questions.
  The eternal question is how I'm supposed to spend it.
  Here, then, is the definitive answer to the eternal question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
  I, like many people, feel a need for the comfort of certainty and eternal truths, but that isn't what he and his ilk deliver.
  Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them.
  He linked these themes to the eternal questions of what is love, what is the good life, and what death is.
  And with the process comes the question: is all this relentless modernisation really appropriate to eternal truth?
  He invested his time to serve God's purpose and pursue things with eternal value.
  We can sometimes forget in the modern era that some eternal truths remain unchanged; rugby is a game for hard men and hard-nosed men.
  It's the eternal question - what would you do if money was no object?
  It isn't a holiday when you're faced every day with the eternal question of ‘where shall we live?’
  In this interview he talks about eternal values, old men and young women, and death.
  These are the eternal questions and ones that astronomers continue to ask.
  After 25 years of deep thought, Roger believes he has answered the eternal question as to why we are here.
  But on the other hand, the eternal question is: can we blame these people for not bothering?
  I guess it's the eternal question if you're doing your own site or weblog, though - and I've seen enough discussion of it on other people's sites.
  And does it make sense to renounce the world in search of eternal truth?
2. 1.2informal Seeming to last or persist forever, especially on account of being tedious or annoying.
  〈非正式〉（尤指因冗长乏味或恼人而）似无休止的，不停的
  eternal nagging demands
  牢骚不断的无休止的要求。
  she is an eternal optimist
  她是个执着的乐天派。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This is something you see very rarely in football and you would have to be the most eternal optimist to think 3-0 down was a platform for victory.
  But there is still that eternal nagging voice in the back of your head saying, ‘If I throw stuff out now, I know that someday Ill need it.’
  Perhaps I'm an eternal optimist, but I think these films have great impact.
  They never became disenchanted; they were the eternal optimists.
  The 61-year-old, still an eternal optimist, believes he can turn adversity to his advantage.
  Or are Americans simply this world's eternal optimists?
  So, for all of my introspection and depression, I suppose the eternal optimist inside me is not far from the surface.
  I'll hand it to 'em, they're nothing if not the eternal optimists.
  I barely even notice the day going by… it's the night that's the eternal wait.
  After an eternal wait at the Chambers Street stop, we got onto a Brooklyn-bound train and collapsed in our seats.
  The error that could trip the party up here is the eternal misconception that students demand trendiness.
  He readily admits mistakes were made before he joined but, like an eternal optimist, is eager today to find a silver lining in every cloud.
  An eternal optimist, proprietor Robert Finch has an amazing story to tell of the vicissitudes of farming emus.
  You would have had to have been one of life's eternal optimists to have entertained thoughts like those.
  I hate to be the eternal optimist, but it's hard for me to look at it any other way.
  After an eternal wait, my name was finally called to go in and have the procedure.
  Only an eternal optimist could expect success in the second half.
  He waited eternal seconds as Jordan stared down at him.
  I'm an eternal cautious optimist though, and I can't be what I'm not.
  I am an eternal optimist, so I am going to hope that it gets better.
  Synonyms
  constant, continual, continuous, perpetual, persistent, sustained, unremitting, relentless, unrelenting, unrelieved, uninterrupted, unbroken, unabating, interminable, never-ending, non-stop, round-the-clock, always-on, incessant, endless, ceaseless
3. 1.3 Used to emphasize expressions of admiration, gratitude, or other feelings.
  用于强调表达钦佩、感激或其他情感永远
  to his eternal credit, he maintained his dignity throughout
  值得永远称道的是，他自始至终维护自己的尊严。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You both have our eternal admiration!
  To his eternal credit, Alan confronts them in a local pub, and their response is to take offence, cause offence and feel generally outraged by his attack.
  I can't afford to pay anything, but you'll have my eternal gratitude and maybe I could knit you something.
  McGeechan, to his eternal credit I must say, insists that you cannot blame the players, but the current squad can't be exempted from criticism.
  With eyes as tear-filled as hers, Joel looked at her, eternal gratitude written all over his face.
  Thousands of letters poured in from children with diabetes pledging their eternal gratitude.
  To Limerick's eternal credit they battled bravely, determinedly, and doggedly to the very end.
  She has my eternal gratitude, straight from the heart, in coming at the right time in my life.
  But to the eternal credit of the losers, they never gave up.
  It is to his eternal credit that he had the decency to do as he did, which sums up the kind of honourable official the county manager is.
  To their eternal credit, the behaviour of all the crowds was excellent.
  To his eternal credit he returned almost every year to Clonegal to visit his mother while she was alive, and still considered Clonegal his home.
  I don't expect eternal gratitude, or a formal thank you.
  Parents accept this is not the fault of the doctors or nurses, who inspire loyalty and eternal gratitude for the excellent treatment children receive.
  But to Michael's eternal credit he was both polite and friendly.
  My eternal thanks and gratitude to the medics for the prompt response, excellent care and caring shown to her at the time.
  Indeed, it is to his eternal credit that there now stand three completely renovated, refurbished and most modern schools within the parish.
  It is to his eternal credit that for five months he managed to keep up the facade, and he only quit comedy six weeks before his death, when he was physically unable to perform.
  To Dungarvan's eternal credit they mounted a magnificent fight back when teams of lesser resolve would have folded.
  I'm afraid that there wouldn't be anything in it for you other than maybe a few beers and my eternal gratitude, but I'm hoping someone will take pity on me.
4. 1.4the Eternal Used to refer to an everlasting or universal spirit, as represented by God.
  上帝
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Eternal which resides in the atman should be known.
  Saving humanity is small compared to doing the will of the Eternal.
  We are not to be distracted from our purpose, which is union with the Eternal, by becoming involved in what we today call ‘the rat race.’
  According to Irenaeus he claimed to have appeared in Samaria as the Father, in Judea as the Son, and among the heathen as the Holy Ghost, a manifestation of the Eternal.
  It is the masculine aspect of the androgynous Eternal.
  There is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal, Supporter of all.
  Since God suffuses all of life, film can cut through the encrusted vision with which we usually view this reality and reveal the Eternal.
  On the other hand, I have children that have a healthy outlook on Faith, and a personal relationship to the Eternal that I wish I could have had at their ages.

Phrases

the Eternal City

A name for the city of Rome.
不朽城（罗马的别称）

eternal triangle

A relationship between three people, typically a couple and the lover of one of them, involving sexual rivalry.
三角恋，三角争风
Example sentencesExamples
- However, equity cannot be kept in abeyance until this balance is brought about in this eternal triangle.
- Clearly Hare's aim is to offer more than a few elegant variations on the eternal triangle.
- The eternal triangle can endlessly renew itself, placing new people into the same deadly relationships.
- And matters are further complicated by Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny whose love for Christine is reciprocated, so adding the eternal triangle to the equation.
- Her actions and reactions to the eternal triangle, which developed between Mickey, Eddie and herself, were played with sensitivity.
- Some years ago, I witnessed a glorious soap opera in my balcony, the eternal triangle being the usual cause of it all.
- Math plays no other role in the film (unless you include the eternal triangle).
- Barbara gets a little taste of karmic justice, as the eternal triangle becomes a quadrilateral.
- Come As You Are was a series of four short plays united by the theme of the eternal triangle.
- The eternal triangle of Baby Doe and Horace and Augusta Tabor was brought to vivid life by Joanna Mongiardo, Timothy Noble and Joyce Castle.
- Playright Sridhar's directorial debut, the film looks at the eternal triangle and unrequited love, a motif common in Sridhar's films.
- When the pantomime is over a slide show is organised by Leonard which has, unbeknown to him, been doctored with incriminating slides which would affect the original eternal triangle.
- To make an eternal triangle enter the story, both Sunalini and Bhageerathi meet and fall for a young man, Chandrayya.
- It is a sort of a menage a trois, or another twist on the eternal triangle.
- The writer, the reader and the book form an eternal triangle with the book acting as the go-between.
- Penelope told her: " It's the eternal triangle Margie, but I don't think there is any sex in it.
- Not so much the eternal triangle, more the infernal quintuplet.
- A comedy set in the Vienna Prater of the 1860s, and involving an eternal triangle between a hussar, his high-born fiancée, and his former mistress, a street dancer.
- Bellini's Norma deals with the eternal triangle formed by a high priestess of the druidical temple, a virgin of the temple, and a Roman Pro-Consul.
- The eternal triangle, so often the diabolical shape at the centre of a murder plot.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aeternalis, from Latin aeternus, from aevum ‘age’.

词汇	eternal
释义	Definition of eternal in English: eternal adjective ɪˈtəːn(ə)liːˈtəːn(ə)ləˈtərn(ə)l 1Lasting or existing forever; without end. 永恒的，永久的；永存的，不灭的 the secret of eternal youth 永葆青春的秘诀。 fear of eternal damnation 对遗臭万年的恐惧。 Example sentencesExamples All substances occur in atomic form, each atom being eternal and indestructible. They claimed to have found the answer to eternal youth. From inside, we could hear the screams of a thousand people that were being tortured, souls trapped in eternal damnation. The texts are bound together with some hymns and the story of an errant monk whom the Virgin Mary saved from eternal damnation. And what are the words to this spell that confers eternal youth and an infinite capacity for self-renewal? A Christian tells you that willful sin is open rebellion that will lead to eternal damnation unless you repent. It was sin, punishable by eternal damnation to hell. In that world there is neither motion nor passion nor diversity, but an eternal immutable calm. At this time, believers and unbelievers would be judged and assigned to either eternal bliss or eternal damnation. People are always searching for the secret to eternal youth. Deeply saddened that neither way would save them from the approaching eternal damnation, she started to fix her things and go home. So if you thought of punching your little brother or owning all of the ice cream in the world, you were surely destined for an after life of eternal damnation. She adopts the Catholic Church's philosophy of eternal damnation. Then the soul is sent either to heaven to enjoy the fruits of a decent life or condemned to eternal hell and damnation forever. To put it in terms of Hegel's own image: to understand God's eternal essence before the creation of the world is to understand the basis on which the world was created. The idea of an omniscient, eternal, and infinite being, for example, could not be like anything the senses encountered. Thus, she wanted these moments to last forever in the way most people desire eternal youth. Refusing to believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, and refusing the destiny he has for you, is accepting eternal damnation. The idea seems to be that while I have free will, I will nevertheless be punished with eternal and unspeakable suffering if I turn away from God. Before he can finish his mission, he's caught by an archdeacon and told that the only way he can avoid eternal damnation is by raising the child as his own. Synonyms everlasting, never-ending, endless, without end, perpetual, undying, immortal, deathless, indestructible, imperishable, immutable, abiding, permanent, enduring, infinite, boundless, timeless rare sempiternal, perdurable 1.1 (of truths, values, or questions) valid for all time; essentially unchanging. （真理，价值，问题）永恒的；永远不变的 eternal truths of art and life 艺术和生活的永恒真理。 Example sentencesExamples He invested his time to serve God's purpose and pursue things with eternal value. Because as a human being you don't know the answers to the eternal questions. After 25 years of deep thought, Roger believes he has answered the eternal question as to why we are here. The eternal question is how I'm supposed to spend it. Agreed, the perception of truth may vary from person to person, but there is always one eternal truth. It isn't a holiday when you're faced every day with the eternal question of ‘where shall we live?’ And with the process comes the question: is all this relentless modernisation really appropriate to eternal truth? I guess it's the eternal question if you're doing your own site or weblog, though - and I've seen enough discussion of it on other people's sites. And does it make sense to renounce the world in search of eternal truth? In this interview he talks about eternal values, old men and young women, and death. These are the eternal questions and ones that astronomers continue to ask. Here, then, is the definitive answer to the eternal question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We can sometimes forget in the modern era that some eternal truths remain unchanged; rugby is a game for hard men and hard-nosed men. But on the other hand, the eternal question is: can we blame these people for not bothering? The loss of objectivity leads us to question the existence of eternal or perennial truths. History was endlessly revised to make the present look like a confirmation of eternal, unchanging truths. Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them. He linked these themes to the eternal questions of what is love, what is the good life, and what death is. It's the eternal question - what would you do if money was no object? I, like many people, feel a need for the comfort of certainty and eternal truths, but that isn't what he and his ilk deliver. 1.2informal Seeming to last or persist forever, especially on account of being tedious or annoying. 〈非正式〉（尤指因冗长乏味或恼人而）似无休止的，不停的 eternal nagging demands 牢骚不断的无休止的要求。 she is an eternal optimist 她是个执着的乐天派。 Example sentencesExamples After an eternal wait at the Chambers Street stop, we got onto a Brooklyn-bound train and collapsed in our seats. Or are Americans simply this world's eternal optimists? I barely even notice the day going by… it's the night that's the eternal wait. He readily admits mistakes were made before he joined but, like an eternal optimist, is eager today to find a silver lining in every cloud. I am an eternal optimist, so I am going to hope that it gets better. I hate to be the eternal optimist, but it's hard for me to look at it any other way. I'm an eternal cautious optimist though, and I can't be what I'm not. But there is still that eternal nagging voice in the back of your head saying, ‘If I throw stuff out now, I know that someday Ill need it.’ After an eternal wait, my name was finally called to go in and have the procedure. Only an eternal optimist could expect success in the second half. This is something you see very rarely in football and you would have to be the most eternal optimist to think 3-0 down was a platform for victory. The error that could trip the party up here is the eternal misconception that students demand trendiness. An eternal optimist, proprietor Robert Finch has an amazing story to tell of the vicissitudes of farming emus. Perhaps I'm an eternal optimist, but I think these films have great impact. He waited eternal seconds as Jordan stared down at him. They never became disenchanted; they were the eternal optimists. I'll hand it to 'em, they're nothing if not the eternal optimists. The 61-year-old, still an eternal optimist, believes he can turn adversity to his advantage. You would have had to have been one of life's eternal optimists to have entertained thoughts like those. So, for all of my introspection and depression, I suppose the eternal optimist inside me is not far from the surface. Synonyms constant, continual, continuous, perpetual, persistent, sustained, unremitting, relentless, unrelenting, unrelieved, uninterrupted, unbroken, unabating, interminable, never-ending, non-stop, round-the-clock, always-on, incessant, endless, ceaseless 2Used to emphasize expressions of admiration, gratitude, etc. 用于强调表达钦佩、感激或其他情感永远 to his eternal credit, he maintained his dignity throughout 值得永远称道的是，他自始至终维护自己的尊严。 Example sentencesExamples McGeechan, to his eternal credit I must say, insists that you cannot blame the players, but the current squad can't be exempted from criticism. To Limerick's eternal credit they battled bravely, determinedly, and doggedly to the very end. I'm afraid that there wouldn't be anything in it for you other than maybe a few beers and my eternal gratitude, but I'm hoping someone will take pity on me. I don't expect eternal gratitude, or a formal thank you. Thousands of letters poured in from children with diabetes pledging their eternal gratitude. With eyes as tear-filled as hers, Joel looked at her, eternal gratitude written all over his face. But to the eternal credit of the losers, they never gave up. It is to his eternal credit that he had the decency to do as he did, which sums up the kind of honourable official the county manager is. My eternal thanks and gratitude to the medics for the prompt response, excellent care and caring shown to her at the time. I can't afford to pay anything, but you'll have my eternal gratitude and maybe I could knit you something. She has my eternal gratitude, straight from the heart, in coming at the right time in my life. It is to his eternal credit that for five months he managed to keep up the facade, and he only quit comedy six weeks before his death, when he was physically unable to perform. To his eternal credit he returned almost every year to Clonegal to visit his mother while she was alive, and still considered Clonegal his home. You both have our eternal admiration! But to Michael's eternal credit he was both polite and friendly. Parents accept this is not the fault of the doctors or nurses, who inspire loyalty and eternal gratitude for the excellent treatment children receive. To Dungarvan's eternal credit they mounted a magnificent fight back when teams of lesser resolve would have folded. To his eternal credit, Alan confronts them in a local pub, and their response is to take offence, cause offence and feel generally outraged by his attack. Indeed, it is to his eternal credit that there now stand three completely renovated, refurbished and most modern schools within the parish. To their eternal credit, the behaviour of all the crowds was excellent. 3Used to refer to an everlasting or universal spirit, as represented by God. 上帝 a man entirely under the sway of the Eternal and not of the material Example sentencesExamples According to Irenaeus he claimed to have appeared in Samaria as the Father, in Judea as the Son, and among the heathen as the Holy Ghost, a manifestation of the Eternal. Since God suffuses all of life, film can cut through the encrusted vision with which we usually view this reality and reveal the Eternal. We are not to be distracted from our purpose, which is union with the Eternal, by becoming involved in what we today call ‘the rat race.’ It is the masculine aspect of the androgynous Eternal. The Eternal which resides in the atman should be known. Saving humanity is small compared to doing the will of the Eternal. There is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal, Supporter of all. On the other hand, I have children that have a healthy outlook on Faith, and a personal relationship to the Eternal that I wish I could have had at their ages. Phrases the Eternal City A name for the city of Rome. 不朽城（罗马的别称） eternal life Spiritual existence after death of the body. the belief in eternal life Example sentencesExamples There would be no promise of eternal life if Jesus had not first faced sin and death. I felt at peace because God had forgiven me, and my life had a purpose and the promise of eternal life in heaven. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Biblically, eternal life and the resurrection of the body are essentially the same thing. According to this view, Jesus' death made salvation and eternal life possible for others. eternal triangle see triangle (sense 2 of the noun) Example sentencesExamples When the pantomime is over a slide show is organised by Leonard which has, unbeknown to him, been doctored with incriminating slides which would affect the original eternal triangle. The eternal triangle can endlessly renew itself, placing new people into the same deadly relationships. Her actions and reactions to the eternal triangle, which developed between Mickey, Eddie and herself, were played with sensitivity. And matters are further complicated by Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny whose love for Christine is reciprocated, so adding the eternal triangle to the equation. The writer, the reader and the book form an eternal triangle with the book acting as the go-between. However, equity cannot be kept in abeyance until this balance is brought about in this eternal triangle. Playright Sridhar's directorial debut, the film looks at the eternal triangle and unrequited love, a motif common in Sridhar's films. A comedy set in the Vienna Prater of the 1860s, and involving an eternal triangle between a hussar, his high-born fiancée, and his former mistress, a street dancer. Barbara gets a little taste of karmic justice, as the eternal triangle becomes a quadrilateral. The eternal triangle of Baby Doe and Horace and Augusta Tabor was brought to vivid life by Joanna Mongiardo, Timothy Noble and Joyce Castle. To make an eternal triangle enter the story, both Sunalini and Bhageerathi meet and fall for a young man, Chandrayya. The eternal triangle, so often the diabolical shape at the centre of a murder plot. Penelope told her: " It's the eternal triangle Margie, but I don't think there is any sex in it. Some years ago, I witnessed a glorious soap opera in my balcony, the eternal triangle being the usual cause of it all. Bellini's Norma deals with the eternal triangle formed by a high priestess of the druidical temple, a virgin of the temple, and a Roman Pro-Consul. Not so much the eternal triangle, more the infernal quintuplet. Math plays no other role in the film (unless you include the eternal triangle). It is a sort of a menage a trois, or another twist on the eternal triangle. Clearly Hare's aim is to offer more than a few elegant variations on the eternal triangle. Come As You Are was a series of four short plays united by the theme of the eternal triangle. Derivatives eternality noun iːˌtəːˈnalɪtiɪˌtəːˈnalɪti Sweden's remarkable literary jury has for the second consecutive year held up a mirror to the values and politics of our times while honoring the eternality of great art. Example sentencesExamples The stars, which symbolized infinity and eternality, suggested hope and shine in darkness. It possesses three spiritual qualities, namely eternality, knowledge, and bliss. Reflecting on the many attributes of God - his eternality, omniscience and omnipotence; his holiness and sinless purity; his love and mercy - should draw from us supreme praise and worship. The covenant which God made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob promised two things to their descendants: the eternality of the Jewish people and the Land of Israel. eternalize verb ɪˈtəːnəlʌɪziːˈtəːnəlʌɪzəˈtərn(ə)lˌaɪz [with object] Cause to last forever; perpetuate. he will eternalize the conflict Example sentencesExamples portraits of deceased relatives eternalized their image and memory The cathedrals of the Middle Ages would never have been built if Christianity had asked itself why it had the right to claim exclusive truth for its faith by eternalizing it in stone. Instead, love is immortalized and eternalized through death. Portraits of deceased relatives eternalized their image and memory and provided a way to ‘mitigate death's finality through art.’ eternalness noun At a level that you don't even consciously understand, you understand the eternalness of your being. Example sentencesExamples Petrarch never attains the sense of eternalness essential for the construction of a stable self. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aeternalis, from Latin aeternus, from aevum 'age'. Rhymes colonel, diurnal, external, fraternal, infernal, internal, journal, kernel, maternal, nocturnal, paternal, supernal, vernal adj.1 phr. Definition of eternal in US English: eternal adjectiveəˈtərn(ə)ləˈtərn(ə)l 1Lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning. 永恒的，永久的；永存的，不灭的 the secret of eternal youth 永葆青春的秘诀。 fear of eternal damnation 对遗臭万年的恐惧。 Example sentencesExamples It was sin, punishable by eternal damnation to hell. So if you thought of punching your little brother or owning all of the ice cream in the world, you were surely destined for an after life of eternal damnation. The idea of an omniscient, eternal, and infinite being, for example, could not be like anything the senses encountered. In that world there is neither motion nor passion nor diversity, but an eternal immutable calm. People are always searching for the secret to eternal youth. All substances occur in atomic form, each atom being eternal and indestructible. Then the soul is sent either to heaven to enjoy the fruits of a decent life or condemned to eternal hell and damnation forever. The texts are bound together with some hymns and the story of an errant monk whom the Virgin Mary saved from eternal damnation. They claimed to have found the answer to eternal youth. She adopts the Catholic Church's philosophy of eternal damnation. Refusing to believe that Jesus Christ is Lord, and refusing the destiny he has for you, is accepting eternal damnation. To put it in terms of Hegel's own image: to understand God's eternal essence before the creation of the world is to understand the basis on which the world was created. The idea seems to be that while I have free will, I will nevertheless be punished with eternal and unspeakable suffering if I turn away from God. From inside, we could hear the screams of a thousand people that were being tortured, souls trapped in eternal damnation. And what are the words to this spell that confers eternal youth and an infinite capacity for self-renewal? Thus, she wanted these moments to last forever in the way most people desire eternal youth. A Christian tells you that willful sin is open rebellion that will lead to eternal damnation unless you repent. Deeply saddened that neither way would save them from the approaching eternal damnation, she started to fix her things and go home. Before he can finish his mission, he's caught by an archdeacon and told that the only way he can avoid eternal damnation is by raising the child as his own. At this time, believers and unbelievers would be judged and assigned to either eternal bliss or eternal damnation. Synonyms everlasting, never-ending, endless, without end, perpetual, undying, immortal, deathless, indestructible, imperishable, immutable, abiding, permanent, enduring, infinite, boundless, timeless 1.1 (of truths, values, or questions) valid for all time; essentially unchanging. （真理，价值，问题）永恒的；永远不变的 eternal truths of art and life 艺术和生活的永恒真理。 Example sentencesExamples Agreed, the perception of truth may vary from person to person, but there is always one eternal truth. The loss of objectivity leads us to question the existence of eternal or perennial truths. History was endlessly revised to make the present look like a confirmation of eternal, unchanging truths. Because as a human being you don't know the answers to the eternal questions. The eternal question is how I'm supposed to spend it. Here, then, is the definitive answer to the eternal question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I, like many people, feel a need for the comfort of certainty and eternal truths, but that isn't what he and his ilk deliver. Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them. He linked these themes to the eternal questions of what is love, what is the good life, and what death is. And with the process comes the question: is all this relentless modernisation really appropriate to eternal truth? He invested his time to serve God's purpose and pursue things with eternal value. We can sometimes forget in the modern era that some eternal truths remain unchanged; rugby is a game for hard men and hard-nosed men. It's the eternal question - what would you do if money was no object? It isn't a holiday when you're faced every day with the eternal question of ‘where shall we live?’ In this interview he talks about eternal values, old men and young women, and death. These are the eternal questions and ones that astronomers continue to ask. After 25 years of deep thought, Roger believes he has answered the eternal question as to why we are here. But on the other hand, the eternal question is: can we blame these people for not bothering? I guess it's the eternal question if you're doing your own site or weblog, though - and I've seen enough discussion of it on other people's sites. And does it make sense to renounce the world in search of eternal truth? 1.2informal Seeming to last or persist forever, especially on account of being tedious or annoying. 〈非正式〉（尤指因冗长乏味或恼人而）似无休止的，不停的 eternal nagging demands 牢骚不断的无休止的要求。 she is an eternal optimist 她是个执着的乐天派。 Example sentencesExamples This is something you see very rarely in football and you would have to be the most eternal optimist to think 3-0 down was a platform for victory. But there is still that eternal nagging voice in the back of your head saying, ‘If I throw stuff out now, I know that someday Ill need it.’ Perhaps I'm an eternal optimist, but I think these films have great impact. They never became disenchanted; they were the eternal optimists. The 61-year-old, still an eternal optimist, believes he can turn adversity to his advantage. Or are Americans simply this world's eternal optimists? So, for all of my introspection and depression, I suppose the eternal optimist inside me is not far from the surface. I'll hand it to 'em, they're nothing if not the eternal optimists. I barely even notice the day going by… it's the night that's the eternal wait. After an eternal wait at the Chambers Street stop, we got onto a Brooklyn-bound train and collapsed in our seats. The error that could trip the party up here is the eternal misconception that students demand trendiness. He readily admits mistakes were made before he joined but, like an eternal optimist, is eager today to find a silver lining in every cloud. An eternal optimist, proprietor Robert Finch has an amazing story to tell of the vicissitudes of farming emus. You would have had to have been one of life's eternal optimists to have entertained thoughts like those. I hate to be the eternal optimist, but it's hard for me to look at it any other way. After an eternal wait, my name was finally called to go in and have the procedure. Only an eternal optimist could expect success in the second half. He waited eternal seconds as Jordan stared down at him. I'm an eternal cautious optimist though, and I can't be what I'm not. I am an eternal optimist, so I am going to hope that it gets better. Synonyms constant, continual, continuous, perpetual, persistent, sustained, unremitting, relentless, unrelenting, unrelieved, uninterrupted, unbroken, unabating, interminable, never-ending, non-stop, round-the-clock, always-on, incessant, endless, ceaseless 1.3 Used to emphasize expressions of admiration, gratitude, or other feelings. 用于强调表达钦佩、感激或其他情感永远 to his eternal credit, he maintained his dignity throughout 值得永远称道的是，他自始至终维护自己的尊严。 Example sentencesExamples You both have our eternal admiration! To his eternal credit, Alan confronts them in a local pub, and their response is to take offence, cause offence and feel generally outraged by his attack. I can't afford to pay anything, but you'll have my eternal gratitude and maybe I could knit you something. McGeechan, to his eternal credit I must say, insists that you cannot blame the players, but the current squad can't be exempted from criticism. With eyes as tear-filled as hers, Joel looked at her, eternal gratitude written all over his face. Thousands of letters poured in from children with diabetes pledging their eternal gratitude. To Limerick's eternal credit they battled bravely, determinedly, and doggedly to the very end. She has my eternal gratitude, straight from the heart, in coming at the right time in my life. But to the eternal credit of the losers, they never gave up. It is to his eternal credit that he had the decency to do as he did, which sums up the kind of honourable official the county manager is. To their eternal credit, the behaviour of all the crowds was excellent. To his eternal credit he returned almost every year to Clonegal to visit his mother while she was alive, and still considered Clonegal his home. I don't expect eternal gratitude, or a formal thank you. Parents accept this is not the fault of the doctors or nurses, who inspire loyalty and eternal gratitude for the excellent treatment children receive. But to Michael's eternal credit he was both polite and friendly. My eternal thanks and gratitude to the medics for the prompt response, excellent care and caring shown to her at the time. Indeed, it is to his eternal credit that there now stand three completely renovated, refurbished and most modern schools within the parish. It is to his eternal credit that for five months he managed to keep up the facade, and he only quit comedy six weeks before his death, when he was physically unable to perform. To Dungarvan's eternal credit they mounted a magnificent fight back when teams of lesser resolve would have folded. I'm afraid that there wouldn't be anything in it for you other than maybe a few beers and my eternal gratitude, but I'm hoping someone will take pity on me. 1.4the Eternal Used to refer to an everlasting or universal spirit, as represented by God. 上帝 Example sentencesExamples The Eternal which resides in the atman should be known. Saving humanity is small compared to doing the will of the Eternal. We are not to be distracted from our purpose, which is union with the Eternal, by becoming involved in what we today call ‘the rat race.’ According to Irenaeus he claimed to have appeared in Samaria as the Father, in Judea as the Son, and among the heathen as the Holy Ghost, a manifestation of the Eternal. It is the masculine aspect of the androgynous Eternal. There is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal, Supporter of all. Since God suffuses all of life, film can cut through the encrusted vision with which we usually view this reality and reveal the Eternal. On the other hand, I have children that have a healthy outlook on Faith, and a personal relationship to the Eternal that I wish I could have had at their ages. Phrases the Eternal City A name for the city of Rome. 不朽城（罗马的别称） eternal triangle A relationship between three people, typically a couple and the lover of one of them, involving sexual rivalry. 三角恋，三角争风 Example sentencesExamples However, equity cannot be kept in abeyance until this balance is brought about in this eternal triangle. Clearly Hare's aim is to offer more than a few elegant variations on the eternal triangle. The eternal triangle can endlessly renew itself, placing new people into the same deadly relationships. And matters are further complicated by Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny whose love for Christine is reciprocated, so adding the eternal triangle to the equation. Her actions and reactions to the eternal triangle, which developed between Mickey, Eddie and herself, were played with sensitivity. Some years ago, I witnessed a glorious soap opera in my balcony, the eternal triangle being the usual cause of it all. Math plays no other role in the film (unless you include the eternal triangle). Barbara gets a little taste of karmic justice, as the eternal triangle becomes a quadrilateral. Come As You Are was a series of four short plays united by the theme of the eternal triangle. The eternal triangle of Baby Doe and Horace and Augusta Tabor was brought to vivid life by Joanna Mongiardo, Timothy Noble and Joyce Castle. Playright Sridhar's directorial debut, the film looks at the eternal triangle and unrequited love, a motif common in Sridhar's films. When the pantomime is over a slide show is organised by Leonard which has, unbeknown to him, been doctored with incriminating slides which would affect the original eternal triangle. To make an eternal triangle enter the story, both Sunalini and Bhageerathi meet and fall for a young man, Chandrayya. It is a sort of a menage a trois, or another twist on the eternal triangle. The writer, the reader and the book form an eternal triangle with the book acting as the go-between. Penelope told her: " It's the eternal triangle Margie, but I don't think there is any sex in it. Not so much the eternal triangle, more the infernal quintuplet. A comedy set in the Vienna Prater of the 1860s, and involving an eternal triangle between a hussar, his high-born fiancée, and his former mistress, a street dancer. Bellini's Norma deals with the eternal triangle formed by a high priestess of the druidical temple, a virgin of the temple, and a Roman Pro-Consul. The eternal triangle, so often the diabolical shape at the centre of a murder plot. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aeternalis, from Latin aeternus, from aevum ‘age’. adj.1 phr.
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