very great; impossible to measure 極大的；無法衡量的 an infinite variety of plants 數不清的植物種類 a teacher with infinite patience 有無比耐心的教師 - (ironic)
The company in its infinite wisdom decided to close the staff restaurant (= they thought it was a good thing to do, but nobody else agreed). 公司以無比的智慧決定關掉職工食堂。 an almost infinite variety of shades 多得幾乎數不清的色彩
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- almost
- nearly
- practically
- …
without limits; without end 無限的；無窮盡的 an infinite universe 無垠的宇宙
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- almost
- nearly
- practically
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin infinitus, from in- ‘not’ + finitus ‘finished, finite’, past participle of finire, from finis ‘end’.