单词 | permanently |
释义 | permanentlyper‧ma‧nent‧ly /ˈpɜːmənəntli $ ˈpɜːr-/ ●●○ adverb Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► always Collocations all the time, at all times, or every time: · I will always love you.· He always carries his medicine wherever he goes.· People will always need houses. ► forever (also for ever British English) if something lasts or continues forever, it remains or continues for all future time: · Nothing lasts forever.· He seemed to think he would live forever. ► permanently always, or for a very long time – used about changes that you expect to last forever. Permanently can be used with a verb or with an adjective: · His eyesight may be permanently damaged.· They decided to move to Portugal permanently. ► for life for the rest of your life: · Marriage is supposed to be for life.· He was sent to jail for life.· Remarks like that can affect someone for life. ► for good especially spoken forever – used to talk about a permanent change: · This time, he’s coming back for good.· Once a species dies out, it is gone for good. ► for all time forever – used when saying that something will last or be remembered forever because it is very good or special: · Their deeds will be remembered for all time. ► to/until your dying day for the rest of your life – used when something has affected you very deeply: · I’ll remember what he said to my dying day. Longman Language Activatorhappening all the time, without stopping or changing► always all the time without changing: · The temperature of the lake is always below fifty-five degrees.· Ron is always in a bad mood in the morning.· Our upstairs neighbor always keeps to himself. We hardly know him at all. ► all the time · Gabrielle talks about her kids all the time.· The couple upstairs argue all the time.· I don't have to wear my glasses all the time - just for reading. ► the whole time all the time while something is happening - use this about something annoying or surprising: · He talked about himself the whole time I was with him.· We realized that Duncan had been standing there the whole time. ► at all times all the time - used especially in official notices and rules: · Carry your passport with you at all times.· Keep your hotel door locked at all times. ► constantly all the time, continuously: · Shelly constantly tries to impress her boss.· She constantly criticizes my cooking. ► permanently all the time and never likely to change: · Hardy was permanently banned from professional figure skating.· It's such a dangerous neighborhood that the windows of some stores are permanently barricaded. ► perennial: perennial problem/concern/struggle etc one which people are concerned with all the time, and have been concerned with for a long time: · High unemployment rates are a perennial problem in several European countries.· Severe and unpredictable weather is a perennial danger for mountain climbers. ► unfailing: unfailing support/loyalty/good humour etc support, loyalty etc that you can depend on because it never changes or grows weaker even when there is trouble or difficulty: · I'd like to thank you all for your unfailing love and support.· Peter's unfailing humour made him popular with his fellow workers. ► incessant happening or done all the time without stopping, in a way that is very annoying: · Julia became irritated by the child's incessant talking.· The incessant buzz of conversation filled the student cafeteria. ► day in, day out every day for a long time - use this especially to say that someone keeps doing something difficult, tiring, or boring for a long time, or that something keeps happening for a long time: · Henry did the same thing, day in and day out, for over thirty years.· Investigators are working day in, day out to determine the cause of the crash. ► morning, noon, and night spoken said in order to emphasize that something happens all the time, especially something that is annoying: · It seems like we've been going to meetings morning, noon, and night lately. ► 24/7 informal all the time without stopping: · We're here to help you 24/7.· The deadline is next week, so everyone in the office is working 24/7. when something will always happen or always continue► always · I'll always remember the day we first met.· She said she would always love him. ► forever if something lasts or continues forever , it remains or continues for all future time: · I'd like to stay here forever.· The memory of that awful day is forever etched in my mind. ► permanently a word meaning forever, for a very long time, or for the rest of your life - use this especially to talk about changes that you expect to last forever: · The accident has left Hanson permanently disabled.· Thirteen students were permanently expelled from the school. ► for ever and ever for all future time - used especially by children or in children's stories when someone feels extremely happy: · It was a beautiful day, and Ellie wanted it to go on for ever and ever. ► for good if someone leaves, comes back etc for good , they leave or come back permanently: · The injury may keep him out of football for good.· I'd like to stay in Colorado for good. ► for keeps spoken informal if you have something for keeps , you have it forever: · He's given it to me for keeps. ► for all time formal forever, used especially when saying that something will last or be remembered forever because it is very good, special etc: · The actions of those who died in the Great War will be remembered for all time. ► for life for the rest of your life: · There's no such thing as a job for life any more.scarred/maimed/crippled/blind etc for life: · The abuse left him scarred for life. ► to/until your dying day for the rest of your life - used especially in stories, plays etc: · You will regret this until your dying day.· I will remember your kindness to my dying day. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be permanently scarred always, or for a very long time OPP temporarily: The accident left him permanently disabled.► see thesaurus at always· His face had been permanently scarred by smallpox. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► alter· The brief period of electrical stimulation of the hippocampal cells had seemingly permanently altered their electrical properties.· How many mind-altering experiences can one man have before his mind is permanently altered?· The approaches used in these two studies required only a brief period of treatment to permanently alter the course of the disease. ► become· The inner cities no longer respond, because the communities have dissolved or become permanently disfigured.· There is the danger that young people become permanently criminalised.· Hopefully this event will become permanently fixed in Norwich and make the youth proud to come from Norfolk.· Such horses that are locked up in stables without sensory stimulation for a long period will become permanently more anxious and fearful.· In 1825 he became permanently crippled, probably due to poliomyelitis.· If a cell becomes unable to restore its resting charge, it becomes permanently or chronically depolarized and its function is impaired. ► close· Because I lived away from men for so long, part of me is now permanently closed to them.· On August 4, 1927, all five banks were permanently closed.· An enthusiastic letter of recommendation to Krauss would permanently close the door to such a withdrawal. ► damage· Doctors say it's too risky to try to operate, but they think Adrian's sight won't be permanently damaged.· I suspect we may have permanently damaged the soils environment.· If the venom strikes his eyes it can temporarily blind him and possibly even permanently damage his sight.· But as my dad reminded me, we were lucky, nothing had been permanently damaged. ► deprive· Murder; and Theft: dishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it. ► fix· In this conception of the social and political world, the established order is not permanently fixed.· His eyes were permanently fixed on the pavement, as though he were searching for something.· Special fabric paint is applied using a stencil brush and then the design is fixed permanently by pressing with an iron.· Indeed, permanently fixed exchange rates could be positively harmful since changing parities can act as a buffer to absorb economic shocks. ► keep· Under-sink cupboards and garden sheds should be kept permanently locked.· For 18 months in 1982 and 1983, he had been kept permanently handcuffed in solitary confinement.· This W.E. should allow two troops to be kept permanently up to strength for operations.· A Reference set of all of this material should be kept permanently in the Library. ► live· The cover under this section also includes members of the Policyholder's family living permanently with him.· Would she have to live permanently with the fear that she had failed him?· A layer of photosynthetic bacteria lives permanently on the boundary between brackish and highly saline water.· Belonging to members of the Policyholder's family living permanently with him/her.· In 1988 the supervision order was quashed and she went to live permanently with her mother.· Surely she would welcome the opportunity to live permanently on the island? ► lose· I hope he will not be permanently lost to tennis. ► remain· In one form or another Gnosticism has permanently remained an underground concomitant of the church.· It might well be introduced successfully but then remain permanently switched off.· Details of the type of the room, rates and equipment remain permanently in the rack. ► settle· Years later, they were sent on to him in Paris, where he decided to settle permanently.· Some probably settled permanently, as Hsu Fu was said to have done at Shingu.· Finally we would like to thank all our neighbours who have consistently supported us in our bid to settle permanently in Passfield.· He was essentially an urban creature; she didn't see him settling permanently other than in a city. |
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