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perennial

/puh-ren-ee-uhl/US // pəˈrɛn i əl //UK // (pəˈrɛnɪəl) //

多年生,多年生的,多年生植物,常年

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
    • : having a life cycle lasting more than two years.
    • : lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream.
    • : perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent.
    • : outside of any specific generational label; ageless; timeless: She has a Perennial mindset and is always open to new ideas.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a perennial plant: Daffodils and tulips are perennials.
    • : something that is continuing, recurring, or enduring: Classical literature remains a perennial in liberal arts classrooms.
    • : an older person whose mindset, interests, or lifestyle does not fit into any specific generational label: His new album earned him a spot on the website’s list of top ten perennials to watch 30 years after his first hit song was released.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.enduring, perpetual
Synonyms
chronic慢性,慢性病,慢性的,慢性疾病continual持续的,持续不断的,不断的,持续continuing继续,持续,持续的,持续性eternal永恒的,永恒,永恒不变,永恒不变的longstanding长期以来,长期的,长期存在的never-ending永无止境,经久不衰,永无止境的,永不停息persistent持久性,持续性的,持久的,顽固的recurrent循环性,循环性的,经常性的,反复出现的seasonal季节性的,季节性,季节annual年度,每年,年,年度的constant恒定的,恒定,恒定不变,恒量everlasting永恒的,永恒,永久的,永远的immortal不朽的,不朽,不死的,不死old老,老的,旧的,旧permanent永久性,永久性的,永久性地yearly每年,每年的,每年都有,年度abiding不动的,不变的,不动摇的,不衰的ceaseless不停地,不间断的,无休止的,不停的deathless无死亡,无死角,死无对证,无死期durable耐用,经久耐用,持久,耐用的imperishable不灭的,不朽的,不灭,不朽incessant不停地,不停的,不间断的,不间断地inveterate刻骨铭心,刻骨铭心的,刻板印象,刻板的lasting持久性,持久,持久不变,持久的lifelong一生,一生一世,一生中,终身long-lasting持久的,持久,持久性,长久的long-lived寿命长的,寿命长,长寿的,长寿perdurable耐久性,耐用,坚固耐用,耐用的sustained持续的,持续,持续发展,持续不断的unceasing不断地,不断的,连续不断的,连续不断unchanging不变的,不变,不改变的,不改变undying不朽的,不灭的,不死的,不朽unfailing经久不衰,经久不衰的,不衰,不衰的uninterrupted不间断地,不间断的,不间断,不停地yearlong长达一年的,长达一年,长达一年的时间,长达一年之久

Examples

  • They were blessed with two of the top 10 quarterbacks ever, back to back, and they’ve been a perennial contender.

  • Lou Williams, a perennial sixth man of the year candidate, has started slowly and has missed Montrezl Harrell, his longtime pick-and-roll partner.

  • Simmons said Scott has broken what had become a troubling pattern in education giving — of the rich getting ever richer — a perennial trend that reinforces racial inequities.

  • West won 60,160 votes in California as perennial candidate Roque de la Fuente’s candidate for vice president, but he didn’t ask to be put on that ballot and urged voters to write his name in for president instead.

  • Zoom was the most-downloaded iPhone and iPad app of the year, beating perennial favorites like Instagram and YouTube.

  • Their cases illustrate the perennial challenge of balancing ends and means in the complex world of intelligence operations.

  • Iowa is a perennial swing state, and polls show the race in a virtual tie.

  • And the omission or derision of dads in the parent (aka “mommy”) blogosphere is a perennial pet peeve.

  • A perennial signature flavor is Flying Elvis: banana ice cream that contains peanut butter and chocolate chunks.

  • For the GOP, all this raises a perennial question from the movie New Jack City: “Who else you got?”

  • They foreclose without mercy, but that does not frighten their old patrons, who have the perennial optimism of the country.

  • As they went down into the valley of the Thyme, the babble of the stream rose into the air like a perennial laughter.

  • It was on the square of land where she had had her perennial bed for three years, and now she had decided to sow it down to grass.

  • Although the Nestor of composers, none equalled him in manly vigour and perennial youth.

  • In discussing literature, they spoke of the perennial stock-in-trade of the republic of letters—woman's sin.