incessant
英 [ɪn'ses(ə)nt]
美 [ɪn'sɛsnt]
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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