单词 | ever-present |
释义 | ever-presentadj.n. A. adj. Existing or occurring at all times; always there. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 A fragment from an unpublished poem. 1879 Unitarian Rev.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. ΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1605 |
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