sempiternal
英 [,sempɪ'tɜːn(ə)l]
美
- adj. 永久的；永恒的
英英释义
- 1. having no known beginning and presumably no end;
- "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"
- "time is endless"
- "sempiternal truth"
双语例句
- 1. But until 1949 , the capitol hill just pass the National as a sempiternal festival.
- 但是到了1949年美国国会才投票通过将国旗日定为永久的节日.
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英文词源
- sempiternal (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French sempiternel "eternal, everlasting" (13c.) or directly from Late Latin sempiternalis, from Latin sempiternus "everlasting," from semper "always, ever" (see semper-) + aeternus "eternal" (see eternal). Related: Sempiternally.