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Incessant ɪn'sesnt Adj.不断的 Barking Dog Awake Night 不断的狗叫声使他整夜未能入睡

Front incessant
Pron [ɪn'sesnt]
Back 【incessant】
adj.不断的
The incessant barking of the dog kept him awake through the night.
不断的狗叫声使他整夜未能入睡。
Vocab
incessantuninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

Something incessant continues without interruption. When you're on a cross country flight, it's tough to tolerate the incessant crying of a baby.

In Latin, cessare means 'to stop,' so when you add the negative prefix in- you get a word meaning never stopping. A near synonym is continual, but something incessant is more relentless; ceaseless is a closer synonym. It's rare to find incessant used in a positive way. Even incessant sunshine would grow boring.

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