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    If something is incessant, it keeps going and does not stop. English speakers nearly always use it when they are tired of the thing: incessant rain, incessant noise, incessant questions. The word carries a small complaint.

    If something is incessant如果某件事是incessant it keeps going and does not stop就會一直持續、不會停 English speakers nearly always use it英語使用者幾乎都是在 when they are tired of the thing對那件事感到厭煩的時候用它 incessant rain, incessant noise, incessant questions沒完沒了的雨、沒完沒了的噪音、沒完沒了的問題 The word carries a small complaint這個字帶著一點小小的抱怨

    You would not usually call a lovely song incessant, even if it played for a long time — that would sound as if you wanted it to end.

    You would not usually call a lovely song incessant你通常不會把一首好聽的歌說成incessant even if it played for a long time就算它播了很久 that would sound as if you wanted it to end那聽起來會像是你希望它結束

    It is a rather formal adjective. In everyday talk people more often say non-stop, or it just wouldn’t stop.

    It is a rather formal adjective這是個相當正式的形容詞 In everyday talk在日常對話裡 people more often say non-stop, or it just wouldn't stop大家比較常說non-stop,或直接說it just wouldn't stop

    Continuous is a cooler, more neutral cousin: a weather report can say continuous rain without sounding . Incessant rain sounds as if you have had enough.

    Continuouscontinuous這個字 is a cooler, more neutral cousin是比較冷靜、中性的近親 a weather report can say continuous rain天氣報告可以說continuous rain without sounding annoyed而不會聽起來不耐煩 Incessant rainincessant rain(沒完沒了的雨) sounds as if you have had enough聽起來像是你已經受夠了

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組成From Latin in- “not” + cessāns “stopping” (from cessāre, to cease). So: not stopping.

同家族的字

  • ceasethe verb “to stop,” from the same Latin cessāre
  • cessationa stopping, from the same root
  • ceaselessanother adjective meaning without stopping
  • incessantlythe adverb built from this adjective

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

incessantadj/ɪnˈsɛs.ənt/

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    Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

    • The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.
    • […] incessant interferings and bickerings, in every country, between the secular powers and the ecclesiastical.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。