单词 | permanent |
释义 | permanent (once / 134 pages) adjn Something that’s permanent is constant and lasting, as opposed to temporary. Think twice about writing in permanent marker or getting a tattoo — both are just about impossible to erase. If you wait around for something permanent to change, you'll be there for a long time — maybe forever. That's because the adjective permanent is used to describe something that continues on into the foreseeable future without shifting, moving, or changing at all. You might also come across the noun permanent, which refers to a chemical treatment used to curl your hair. But please know that "perms" aren't really cool anymore. WORD FAMILYpermanent: impermanent, lastingly, permanence, permanency, permanently, permanents, semipermanent+/impermanence: impermanences/impermanency: impermanencies/impermanent: impermanence, impermanency, impermanently/permanence: permanences/permanency: permanencies/semipermanent: semipermanently USAGE EXAMPLESWithout a sustainable budget solution, the annual Permanent Fund dividend soon will disappear, as will our savings accounts. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) It was to enable a permanent moon base to support missions to “Mars and other destinations.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) With a permanent smile fixed on her face, she runs to the altar and settles into a life of suburban contentment. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place permanent secretary to the president permanent address literature of permanent value Syn|Ant lasting unchangeable not changeable or subject to change ineradicablenot able to be destroyed or rooted out abiding, enduring, imperishableunceasing aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unendingcontinuing forever or indefinitely indissolubleused of decisions and contracts standingnot created for a particular occasion stableresistant to change of position or condition impermanent, temporary not permanent; not lasting actingserving temporarily especially as a substitute ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transient, transitorylasting a very short time episodiclimited in duration to a single episode evanescenttending to vanish like vapor fly-by-nightephemeral improvised, jury-rigged, makeshiftdone or made using whatever is available interimserving during an intermediate interval of time pro tem, pro temporefor the time being shipboardcasual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship temporalnot eternal terminablecapable of being terminated after a designated time workingadopted as a temporary basis for further work unstablelacking stability or fixity or firmness 2adj not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition permanent brain damage Syn irreversible incapable of being reversed 3n a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals Syn|Hyper perm, permanent wave wave a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair |
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