perpetuity

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌpɜː(ɹ)pɪˈtjuːɪti/    美 /ˌpɝpəˈtuːɪti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence. uncountable
    — Mr. Waller adds that when the railway was authorised in 1897, one of the clauses of the Act authorising the transfer of the line to the North British Railway provided that that company should work it in perpetuity, and it was this clause that caused the interim interdict to be granted.
  2. Something that is perpetual. countable
  3. A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law. countable
  4. An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely. countable

词形变化

perpetuities plural

词汇关系

近义词
eternity
衍生词
in perpetuity nonperpetuity
相关词
Perpetuity in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

词源

From Middle English perpetuitee, perpetuite, perpetuyte, from Old French perpetüité, ultimately from Latin perpetuitās.
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