| 英语单词 | incessant |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'sesnt] 美 [ɪn'sesnt] |
| 中文释义 | adj.不断的;无尽的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The incessant barking of the dog annoyed me. (2) We felt put out by the guest's incessant requests. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 不断的狗叫声让我苦恼。 (2) 客人不断的要求令我们觉得受打扰。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Something incessant continues without interruption. When you're on a cross country flight, it's tough to tolerate the incessant crying of a baby. |
| vocabulary扩展 | 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. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不停的;连续的;持续不断的 An incessant process or activity is one that continues without stopping. [usu ADJ n]
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