| 英语单词 | perpetually |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [pə'petʃuəli] 美 [pə'petʃuəli] |
| 中文释义 | adv.持久地;永恒地 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The condition of an estate that is limited so as to be inalienable either perpetually or longer than the period determined by law. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 永久所有权,永久不得转让权房地产被限制以致于可永久地或比法律规定时间长的不得转让的状态 |
| vocabulary简明 | Use the adverb perpetually if something is never, ever going to stop doing what it's doing, like your perpetually chattering cousin. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Perpetually comes from the adjective perpetual, which comes from the Latin for "never stopping." Although there might be some things that might exist perpetually, like the universe (hopefully), we usually use perpetually for things that just feel like they're never going to end. If the coffee shop you go to is perpetually playing the same album, bring them a new one. A good synonym is incessantly. |
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