单词 | unvarying |
释义 | unvarying (once / 4778 pages) adj If something's unvarying, it stays exactly the same, with no change or variety. Unvarying rainy days can make a person dream of a warm, sunny beach. Things that don't fluctuate or change are unvarying — this can be dull and monotonous, as with a boring professor's unvarying lectures, or simply reliable, like your best friend's unvarying kindness. If you wear the same clothes every day, you can talk about your unvarying outfit, and if a radio station plays an identical mix of songs day in and day out, that's unvarying too. To vary is to change, from the Latin root varius, "varied, different, or spotted." WORD FAMILYunvarying: unvaryingly+/invariable: invariability, invariableness, invariables, invariably/invariant: invariance, invariants/unvaried: unvariedly, unvariedness/variability: variabilities/variable: invariable, variability, variableness, variables, variably/variance: variances/variant: invariant, variance, variantly, variants/variate: bivariate, multivariate, variates/variation: covariation, variations/varied: unvaried, variedly, variedness/vary: co-vary, variable, variant, variate, variation, varied, varies, varying/varying: unvarying, varyingly USAGE EXAMPLESLonger-term, one almost unvarying law of economics is that trade growth and economic growth go hand in hand. Wall Street Journal(Sep 22, 2016) He watched the unchanging gold of his hair and the unvarying ochre of his complexion. Washington Post(Sep 16, 2016) Nothing was very funny that day, the work became hard and unvarying; I began to sweat under my layers of clothes. John Knowles, A Separate Peace(1959) 1adj unvarying in nature principles of unvarying validity Syn changeless, constant, invariant invariable not liable to or capable of change 2adj lacking variety Syn|Ant unvaried same closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree varied characterized by variety heterogeneous, heterogenousconsisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature modifiedchanged in form or character differentunlike in nature or quality or form or degree many-sided, miscellaneous, multifaceted, multifarioushaving many aspects omnifariousof all varieties or forms or kinds varicolored, varicoloured, variegatedhaving a variety of colors variformvarying in form or shape variable, varyingmarked by diversity or difference various, versatilehaving great diversity or variety 3adj always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences Syn|Ant uniform single having uniform application multiform occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances polymorphic, polymorphoushaving or occurring in several distinct forms |
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