very great; impossible to measure 极大的；无法衡量的 an infinite variety of plants 数不清的植物种类 a teacher with infinite patience 有无比耐心的教师 - (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). 公司以无比的智慧决定关掉职工食堂。 an almost infinite variety of shades 多得几乎数不清的色彩
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- almost
- nearly
- practically
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without limits; without end 无限的；无穷尽的 an infinite universe 无垠的宇宙
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- almost
- nearly
- practically
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin infinitus, from in- ‘not’ + finitus ‘finished, finite’, past participle of finire, from finis ‘end’.