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sempiternal
adjective
formaluk /ˌsem.pɪˈtɜː.nəl/ us /ˌsem.pɪˈtɝː.nəl/
lasting forever or for a very long time: 永远的，永恒的;长期的
There will never be a satisfactory answer to the sempiternal question over whether people are naturally good.
Her answer points to one of the sempiternal problems of international diplomacy.
Many debates about freedom boil down to the sempiternal question of man's responsibility to himself versus his responsibility to society.
The temptation to believe the simplest explanation for something is a sempiternal part of human nature.
They seem to have a sempiternal fear that foreign influences are corrupting their culture.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Continuous & permanent
abiding
abidingly
ad infinitum
around-the-clock
be
here to stayidiom
immanence
immanent
immanently
imperishable
on the bounceidiom
on the spinidiom
on the trotidiom
perennial
permanence
unrelentingly
unrelieved
unrelievedly
unremitting
unremittingly
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