剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - perpetual collapse

perpetual
[UK]/pə'petʃ.u.əl/ [US]/pɚ'petʃ-/
adjective
* continuing forever in the same way
永久的，永恒的；长期的

1. They lived in perpetual fear of being discovered and arrested.
他们长期生活在恐惧中，担心被发现并遭到拘捕。

2. He has hard, cold eyes and his mouth is set in a perpetual sneer.
他双眼又凶又冷，嘴角总是挂着一丝蔑笑。

3. a perpetual student
终身学习者

* often repeated
不断重复的；永无休止的

1. perpetual vandalism
对公共财物不断的蓄意破坏

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - perpetual collapse

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1.ADJ 形容词不间断的；不变的；持续的；长久的 A perpetual feeling, state, or quality is one that never ends or changes.

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

  • ...the creation of a perpetual union.

    永久联盟的创立

perpetually

  • They were all perpetually starving...

    他们都一直忍饥挨饿。

  • He and his wife would be compelled to live perpetually as second-class citizens.

    他和妻子将被迫永远做二等公民。

2.ADJ 形容词连续不断的；无尽无休的；没完没了的 A perpetual act, situation, or state is one that happens again and again and so seems never to end.

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

  • I thought her perpetual complaints were going to prove too much for me.

    我想我再也受不了她无休无止的抱怨了。 per|pet|ual|ly

  • ...a perpetually renewed miracle...

    不断再现的奇迹

  • He perpetually interferes in political affairs.

    他总是干预政事。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - perpetual collapse

perpetual
per·pet·ual / pE5petFuEl; NAmE pEr5p- / adjective1. [usually before noun] continuing for a long period of time without interruption
   不间断的；持续的；长久的
   SYN  continuous :
   the perpetual noise of traffic
   持续不断的交通噪声
   We lived for years in a perpetual state of fear.
   多年来我们一直生活在恐惧中。
2. [usually before noun] frequently repeated, in a way that is annoying
   一再反复的；无尽无休的；没完没了的
   SYN  continual :
   How can I work with these perpetual interruptions?
   打扰不断,让我怎么工作？
3. [only before noun] (of a job or position 工作或职位) lasting for the whole of sb's life
   终身的；永久的:
   He was elected perpetual president.
   他被选为终身总统。
  (humorous) She's a perpetual student.
   她是个终身学习者。
• per·petu·al·ly / -tFuEli / adv.

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - perpetual collapse

perpetual adj.
Perpetual is used with these nouns: motion, state

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - perpetual collapse

perpetual adj.
⇨ endless (a perpetual state of chaos) ⇨ frequent (perpetual interruptions)

新牛津英语同义词词典 - perpetual collapse

perpetual

adjective
1 deep caves in perpetual darkness
EVERLASTING , never-ending, eternal, permanent, unending, endless, without end, lasting, long-lasting, constant, indefinite, abiding, enduring, perennial, timeless, ageless, deathless, undying, immortal, unfailing, unchanging, never-changing, changeless, unvarying, unfading, invariable, immutable, indissoluble, indestructible, imperishable; rare sempiternal, perdurable.

2 they lived in a perpetual state of fear
CONSTANT , permanent, uninterrupted, continuous, unremitting, unending, unceasing, persistent, unbroken.

3 Clara could recall her mother's perpetual nagging at her father
INTERMINABLE , incessant, ceaseless, endless, without respite, relentless, unrelenting, persistent, frequent, continual, continuous, non-stop, never-ending, recurrent, repeated, unremitting, sustained, round-the-clock, habitual, chronic, unabating; informal eternal.
-opposite(s): TRANSITORY, TEMPORARY, FLEETING, INTERMITTENT.

词源记忆 - perpetual collapse

perpetual 持续的，长久的
来自perpetuate, 使持续。