infinity
英 [ɪn'fɪnɪtɪ]
美 [ɪn'fɪnəti]
中文词源
infinity 无限，无穷来自infinite,无限的。
英文词源
- infinity (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French infinité "infinity; large number or quantity" (13c.), from Latin infinitatem (nominative infinitas) "boundlessness, endlessness," from infinitus boundless, unlimited" (see infinite). Infinitas was used as a loan-translation of Greek apeiria "infinity," from apeiros "endless."
双语例句
- 1. In this weather the cliff face was a foggy drop into infinity.
- 在这种天气条件下,雾蒙蒙的悬崖隐入广漠无限之中.
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- 2. It is impossible to count up to infinity.
- 不可能数到无穷大.
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- 3. Theoretically, a line can extend into infinity.
- 从理论上来说直线可以无限地延伸.
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- 4. Parallel lines converge at infinity.
- 平行线永不相交.
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- 5. The fields covered with snow became a vast expanse of whiteness stretching to infinity.
- 田野被大雪覆盖,白茫茫的一眼望不到边.
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