unremitting
英语
编辑词源
编辑1728年,un- + remitting,源自remit[1],源自拉丁语 remittō,借其词义“减弱,减轻”,现已罕用。并非源自*unremit,该词不存在。
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编辑形容词
编辑unremitting (比较级 more unremitting,最高级 most unremitting)
- 坚持不懈的;持续不断的
- 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
- We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
- 2004, George Carlin, “IN THE FUTURE”, 出自 When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?[2], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL,第 93 页:
- The human life span will be extended to 200 years, but the last 150 will be spent in unremitting pain and sadness.
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- 2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, 出自 Studies in Philology, 第 108 卷, 第 1 期,第 114 页:
- In fact, eighteenth-century British erotica has been the subject of unremitting attention for the last two decades.
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- 2021年7月14日, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Porterbrook takes over Long Marston rail site”, 出自 RAIL, 第 935 期,第 28 页:
- "To meet the ambitions set-out by the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, we need to have an unremitting focus upon sustainable delivery, innovation and collaboration. [...]."
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编辑参考资料
编辑- ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2024年),“unremitting”,《在线词源词典》(Online Etymology Dictionary)