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单词 ever-present
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ever-presentadj.n.

Brit. /ˌɛvəˈprɛznt/, U.S. /ˌɛvərˈprɛz(ə)nt/
Forms: see ever adv. and present adj. and adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ever adv., present adj.
Etymology: < ever adv. + present adj.
A. adj.
Existing or occurring at all times; always there.
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1605 W. C. tr. C. Paschal False Complaints xxvi. 196 Continually I am encountred with the euer present memory of my neare aproaching death.
1695 G. Stanhope Of Prepar. Death & Judgm. 17 The unsteady condition of Human Nature is a most sensible, an ever-present Argument, that as Man comes up like a Flower, so..he must be cut down like it too.
1789 J. Charlesworth Serm. against Lying (ed. 2) 26 God, their heavenly Father, the ever-present Friend and Benefactor.
1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 65 The power..of infusing into the various parts of a subject an ever-present unity.
1893 Manitoba Daily Free Press 20 Jan. 7/3 Marriage is an ever present possibility in France where young people are concerned.
1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 5/2 With what presumptuous swiftness he had changed himself from an occasional caller into an almost ever-present one!
1987 Guardian 16 June 31/5 Properties and housebuilders were particularly strong again on..the ever-present hope of lower interest rates.
2003 A. Florini Coming Democracy ix. 195 Terrorism remains an unpredictable but ever-present threat.
B. n.
1. That which is an eternal, everlasting, or constant agent or factor; esp. (with the) God; the Supreme Being. Somewhat rare.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > as everlasting
everlastinga1382
the Eternal1582
ever-living1601
the Eterne1613
the Interminable1671
ever-present1838
timeless1892
1838 Knickerbocker Feb. 171 (heading) The ever-present. A fragment from an unpublished poem.
1879 Unitarian Rev. Jan. 20 It is the ever-present, the ever-near. It is the ground and condition of all knowledge... Life is the one thing we do know.
1882 J. B. Newbrough Oahspe 396/2 I am the power that created them, and am the Ever Present that moveth them along.
1958 Lit. Rev. Spring 316 Blessed be the Ever-Present who has shown me His power and might while I am yet still alive!
2014 B. Jervis Pottery & Social Life Medieval Eng. vii. 157 Documents are an ever present in medieval archaeology.
2. Now chiefly British and Irish English. A person who is always or usually present in a specified place or situation, over a specified period of time, etc.; esp. a sportsperson always or usually selected to play for a team.
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1903 Boston Daily Globe 11 Mar. 7/3 A few of the ever-presents got sentences ranging from one to three months.
1934 Daily Mirror 24 Mar. 24/3 Only two [clubs] have played the same centre forward in every match. The two ‘ever presents’ are Weddle, of Portsmouth, and Holliday, of Brentford.
1972 Irish Times 20 Sept. 3/7 Lamble..was an ever-present in the Celtic first team.
1989 Stage 17 Aug. 83/3 There are some regular cast changes, and, indeed, the only ever presents are Christian and the dancers.
2007 Times 15 Dec. 105/1 Reading's three league ever-presents are three Hs—Hahnemann, Harper and Hunt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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