Perpetuity
[pɜːpɪ'tjuːɪtɪ] or [,pɝpə'tuəti]
解释:
(n.) The quality or state of being perpetual; as, the perpetuity of laws.
(n.) Something that is perpetual.
(n.) Endless time.
(n.) The number of years in which the simple interest of any sum becomes equal to the principal.
(n.) The number of years' purchase to be given for an annuity to continue forever.
(n.) A perpetual annuity.
(n.) Duration without limitations as to time.
(n.) The quality or condition of an estate by which it becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period; also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated.
奥尔多手打
同义词及近义词：
n. Eternity, endless duration.
布莱尔整理
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Constancy, permanence, perennity, persistence, continuity, fixity
ANT:Impermanence, transience, evanescence, discontinuance, casualty, momentariness
手打:普里西拉
例句:
- The reader will easily believe, that from what I had hear and seen, my keen appetite for perpetuity of life was much abated. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- The earth is more than a mechanism, it is an organism that repairs and restores itself in perpetuity. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- We might, possibly, after a while threaten their peace, or, at least, the perpetuity of their institutions. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Sometimes it has made this assignment or mortgage for a short period of time only, a year, or a few years, for example; and sometimes for perpetuity. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
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