英単語

incessantの意味・使い方・発音

incessant

英 [ɪn'ses(ə)nt] 美 [ɪn'sɛsnt]
  • adj.不変;絶え間ない;継続的

語源


絶えない

in-、not、non、-cess、行く、去る、語源的にはcease、譲歩と同じ。

英語の語源


incessant (adj.)
mid-15c., from Old French incessant (mid-14c.), from Late Latin incessantem (nominative incessans) "unceasing," from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + cessantem (nominative cessans), present participle of cessare "cease" (see cease). Related: Incessantly (early 15c.).

例文


1. The noise of bombs and guns was incessant .
爆弾と銃砲が相次いでいる。

2.We have had incessant snowfall since yesterday afternoon.
昨日の午後から雪が降り続いています。

3.From the very first days of the reforms,the parliament kept up an incessan drumbeat of protest.
改革の初日から議会は抗議の圧力をかけ続けている。

4.The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent,or at least,discourage quiet and intensive thinking.
止まらない動乱や日常生活の平凡な活動が妨げになるか、少なくとも静かに思考を集中できなくなるように見える。

5.She is tired of his incessant demands for affection.
彼女は彼の感情に対する要求に飽きた。

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