Perennial



GRE Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 终年的; 永久的
• ［英］ adj. 终年的 ( present all the year) ; 永久的 ( perpetual, enduring)
• ［类］ 反义词: fleeting ( 飞逝的)
• ［记］ per＋enn ( 年) ＋ial -> 一年到头的 -> 永久的

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin perennis, from per- throughout + annus year — more at per-, annual
• Date: 1644
• 1. present at all seasons of the year
• 2. persisting for several years usually with new herbaceous growth from a perennating part <perennial asters>
• 3.
  • a. persistent, enduring <perennial favorites>
  • b. continuing without interruption ; constant, perpetual <the perennial quest for certainty><a perennial student>
  • c. regularly repeated or renewed ; recurrent <death is a perennial literary theme>
• Synonyms: see continual
• ? perennial noun
• ? perennially adverb

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