take forever

IPA/tˈeɪk fəɹˈɛvə/
IPA/tˈeɪk fɚɹˈɛvɚ/

take forever — collocation

  • take foreverbase form
  • takes foreverthird-person singular
  • took foreverpast
  • taking foreverpresent participle

1. if something takes forever, it feels annoyingly slow and seems to last much long

1.搭配詞B1
釋義

if something takes forever, it feels annoyingly slow and seems to last much longer than you want or expect.

例句

The app is taking forever to load on my old phone.

take forever to + verb

The lunch line took forever, so we ate after the bell.

take forever in a complaint about waiting

同義詞
  • drag on

    often suggests something continues tediously for too long

  • take ages

    very similar in meaning; especially common in British English

  • go on and on

    best when speech, noise, or an event seems endless

反義詞

文法句型

it takes forever to + verb

[thing] takes forever

[person] takes forever to + verb

用法筆記

Informal and often slightly impatient; speakers use it when a wait feels unreasonably long, even if the real time is not extreme. It is common before 'to' plus a verb, as in 'takes forever to load'.

常見錯誤

❌The app is taking forever for load.
✅The app is taking forever to load.
💡use 'to' before the next verb.