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| /fərˈevə/ |
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| 1 | for all time in the future , or for as long as you can imagine 永远 |
| They promised to love each other forever. 他们发誓永远相爱。 |
| | 1a | for now and all time in the futureused for emphasis , especially by children or in children’ s stories （用于强调，尤为儿语或用于童话故事）永永远远 | | He promised to be her friend forever and ever. 他发誓永远做她的朋友。 | |
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| 2 | informal for a long time , usually longer than you would like 老是；没完没了地 |
| The film seemed to go on forever. 电影似乎老完不了。 |
| | 2a | to take much more time than you would like 用很长的时间 | | The drive to her aunt’ s house seemed to take forever. 开车去她姨妈家似乎用了很长时间。 | |
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| - | forever doing sth
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| used for emphasizing that someone does something very often , and that this is very annoying |
| 老是做某事 |
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| He is forever talking about his car. 他老是谈论自己的汽车。 |
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