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Staying exactly the same over time — not becoming different, no matter how long you wait. It describes things that hold still while everything around them moves: 'the unchanging routine of village life', 'her unchanging expression', 'the unchanging rules of the game'. It is an adjective, and it usually goes in front of the noun.
Staying exactly the same over time隨著時間過去完全保持不變 — not becoming different不會變得不一樣, no matter how long you wait不管你等多久都一樣。It describes things that hold still while everything around them moves它形容的是四周都在變、自己卻靜止不動的東西:'the unchanging routine of village life'「村莊生活一成不變的日常」, 'her unchanging expression'「她始終如一的表情」, 'the unchanging rules of the game'「這場遊戲不變的規則」。It is an adjective它是形容詞, and it usually goes in front of the noun通常放在名詞前面。
The feeling it carries depends on the situation. It can be comforting and solid ('his unchanging support for her'), or it can be dull and stuck ('year after year of unchanging work'). Nothing in the word itself tells you which; the sentence around it does.
The feeling it carries depends on the situation它帶的感覺要看情境。It can be comforting and solid它可以是安穩踏實的 ('his unchanging support for her'像「他對她始終如一的支持」), or it can be dull and stuck也可以是沉悶、一成不變的 ('year after year of unchanging work'像「年復一年一成不變的工作」)。Nothing in the word itself tells you which字本身不會告訴你是哪一種; the sentence around it does要靠上下文才知道。
Note it describes a state that lasts, not a single moment — a traffic light that stays red for two minutes is not 'unchanging', but a mountain, a habit, or a law can be.
Note it describes a state that lasts, not a single moment要注意它形容的是持續的狀態,不是單一瞬間 — a traffic light that stays red for two minutes紅燈亮兩分鐘 is not 'unchanging'不算 unchanging, but a mountain, a habit, or a law can be但一座山、一個習慣,或一條法律可以是。
原始詞典資料2 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。
unchangingadj
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remaining constantly unchanged
- "Tut! tut! The unchanging woman. They gossiped in my time and they gossip still."
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。