perpetual
perpetual 英 [pəˈpetʃuəl] 美 [pərˈpetʃuəl]
adj. 永久的；不断的
名词复数:perpetuals
- Use the adjective perpetual to describe something that never ends or changes. If you're a perpetual procrastinator, your dilly-dallying ways are never going to improve.
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- adj. 永久的；不断的
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1. the perpetual noise of traffic
持续不断的交通噪声
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2. We lived for years in a perpetual state of fear.
多年来我们一直生活在恐惧中。
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3. How can I work with these perpetual interruptions?
打扰不断，让我怎么工作？
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4. He was elected perpetual president.
他被选为终身会长。
- perpetual (adj.) mid-14c., from Old French perpetuel "without end" (12c.) and directly from Latin perpetualis "universal," in Medieval Latin "permanent," from perpetuus "continuous, universal," from perpetis, genitive of Old Latin perpes "lasting," probably from per "through" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward," hence "through") + root of petere "to seek, go to, aim at" (from PIE root *pet- "to rush, to fly"). Related: Perpetually. Perpetual motion is attested from 1590s.
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