perpetuity
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How to pronounce perpetuity in British English:
英 [ˌpɜ:pəˈtju:əti]
How to pronounce perpetuity in American English:
美 [ˌpɜrpəˈtuəti]
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- Noun:
- the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)
单词词源
- perpetuity (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French perpetuité "permanence, duration" (13c., Modern French perpétuité) and directly from Latin perpetuitatem (nominative perpetuitas) "uninterrupted duration, continuity, continuous succession," from perpetuus (see perpetual).
反义词
双语例句
- 1. You are stuck with new employees in perpetuity whether they 're good or not .
- 2. Visitors are spared the remains of concubines , horse trainers and chefs sacrificed to serve in perpetuity , as they have not been included in this show .
- 3. No matter that the first rule of online behaviour is never post anything that you do not want to see splattered all over the internet in perpetuity .
- 4. That can be unhelpful , implying that " destruction " and " creation " carry equal weight and that mankind will be in for a rough time in perpetuity .
- 5. Both parties currently prefer de facto arrangements to ones that would divide the land in perpetuity .