incessant
incessant 英 [ɪnˈsesnt] 美 [ɪnˈsɛsənt]
adj. 不断的；不停的；连续的
- Something incessant continues without interruption. When you're on a cross-country flight, it's tough to tolerate the incessant crying of a baby.
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- adj. 不断的；不停的；连续的
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1. In my pocket, that photograph pulsed with an incessant force: I understood that it had become my heart.
在我的口袋里，那张照片以持续不断的力量搏动着：我明白它已经成了我的心脏。
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2. The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt.
古老的小日本漂游在灰棕色的钢筋混凝土摩天大楼之间的引入景象是和服与超短裙之间的不断斗争的象征。
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3. Fishmongers say sales have dropped by half as a result of the incessant headlines about radiation in seawater near the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
鱼贩们说，由于新闻里不断有关于福岛核电站附近水域受放射污染的报导，他们的生意跌了一半。
- incessant (adj.) mid-15c., from Old French *incessant or directly from Late Latin incessantem (nominative incessans) "unceasing," from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + cessans, present participle of cessare "to cease, go slow, give over, leave off, be idle," frequentative of cedere (past participle cessus) "go away, withdraw, yield" (from PIE root *ked- "to go, yield"). Related: Incessantly (early 15c.).
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