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 continue forever, you mean that it will always happen or continue.
- I think that we will live together forever...
我想我们会永远生活在一起。 - 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。 - 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 changed forever, it has gone or changed completely and permanently.
- The old social order was gone forever...
旧的社会秩序一去不复返了。 - 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 takes forever or lasts forever, you are emphasizing that it takes or lasts a very long time, or that it seems to.
- The drive seemed to take forever...
车似乎永远也开不到头。 - 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 is forever doing a particular thing, especially something which annoys or amuses you, you are emphasizing that they do it very often.
- He was forever attempting to arrange deals...
他老是想撮合交易。 - 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 use forever to emphasize that someone always has or shows the quality mentioned.
- Katherine was forever secretive...
凯瑟琳总是神神秘秘的。 - 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。