Front | incessant |
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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. All forms of 'incessant' will appear on average once every 439 pages. incessancy incessant incessantly incessantness |
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