N-UNCOUNT Eternity is time without an end or a state of existence outside time, especially the state that some people believe they will pass into after they have died. 永恒; 永存
I have always found the thought of eternity terrifying.
我总觉得永生的想法很可怕。
N-SING If you say that a situation lasted for an eternity, you mean that it seemed to last an extremely long time, usually because it was boring or unpleasant. 极长的时间
The war continued for an eternity.
那场战争持续了极长的时间。
It keeps things alive from itself, so the problem with art is its eternity.
它让事物脱离它本身而永存,所以艺术的问题在于它的永恒。
To end this historic conflict, both sides must be historically bold, because if each waits stubbornly for the other to act first, this will go on and be waiting for an eternity."
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The rhetorical strategy that Milton uses to give us this perspective of eternity is what Geoffrey Hartman called Milton's counter-plot.
弥尔顿习惯于展现给我们的修辞性的手法,这种永恒的看法正是被哈特曼称为,弥尔顿的反策略。
This image of the afterlife is founded on the orthodox figure for eternity. The body stays to the earth while the soul, like the day-star, rises to the sky.
关于来生的这幅画面是建立在正统基督教,对永生的信仰上的,肉体归于泥土,灵魂却会像启明星一样升上天空。
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