Perpetuity

(noun.) the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless).

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• 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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