perpetual
英 [pə'petʃʊəl; -tjʊəl]
美 [pɚ'pɛtʃuəl]
- adj. 恒久的な; 一定の; 季節的な; 不定な
語源
perpetual 連続する、長く続くperpetuateから。
英語の語源
- perpetual
- perpetual: see repeat
- perpetual (adj.)
- mid-14c., from Old French perpetuel "without end" (12c.) and directly from Latin perpetualis "universal," in Medieval Latin "permanent," from perpetuus "continuous, universal," from perpetis, genitive of Old Latin perpes "lasting," probably from per- "through" + root of petere "to seek, go to, aim at" (see petition (n.)). Related: Perpetually. Perpetual motion is attested from 1590s.
例文
- 1. Little by little she lost the taut，strained air of perpetual anxiety.
- 長い焦りによる緊張と疲れの表情が彼女の顔からゆっくりと消えていった。
- 2.Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm.
- 彼の永続的な情熱を消せるものは何もないようだ。
- 3.Outdoors,mosquitoes and midges were a perpetual torment.
- 戸外では、蚊や虫は永遠に安らかではありません。
- 4.the perpetual noise of traffic
- 絶え間ない交通ノイズが続く
- 5.He is on a perpetual search for truth.
- 彼は生涯真理を求めていた。
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