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单词 perdurable
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Definition of perdurable in English:

perdurable

adjective pəˈdjʊərəb(ə)lpərˈd(j)ʊrəb(ə)l
formal
  • Enduring continuously; imperishable.

    a composer creates a perdurable aesthetic object
    a perdurable stereotype
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The mind craves to make something perdurable out of something as tenuous as candlelight, something that becomes more and more itself through vicissitude.
    • In his afterward, he describes the importance of addressing cliched plots and perdurable stereotypes, stating that in order to ‘set pen to paper’ he had to ‘break the back of the story’.
    • It is an indictment of the hubris of our politically correct age that a film asserting this perdurable truth about mankind's affairs will strike many as offensive.
    • What is the connection between architecture, which is big and perdurable, and petty artifacts cutely arranged but utterly ephemeral?
    • Yet in this respect he set a precedent as perdurable as his plays.
    Synonyms
    enduring, long-lasting, long-lived, lifelong, abiding, continuing, remaining, long-term, surviving, persisting, permanent, deep-rooted, indelible, ingrained

Derivatives

  • perdurability

  • noun pədjʊərəˈbɪlɪtipərˌd(j)ʊrəˈbɪlədi
    formal
    • For him the perdurability of her literary style, well exemplified in this passage, can be traced to its occult quality, its ability to convey her ‘private gnosis.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This huge, lavish show shares something with a Swiss watch and a Persian miniature: precision and perdurability in every cog or brush stroke, a harmony previously only imagined in the music of the spheres.
  • perdurably

  • adverb
    formal

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin perdurabilis, from Latin perdurare 'endure'.

 
 

Definition of perdurable in US English:

perdurable

adjectivepərˈd(y)o͝orəb(ə)lpərˈd(j)ʊrəb(ə)l
formal
  • Enduring continuously; imperishable.

    a composer creates a perdurable aesthetic object
    a perdurable stereotype
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his afterward, he describes the importance of addressing cliched plots and perdurable stereotypes, stating that in order to ‘set pen to paper’ he had to ‘break the back of the story’.
    • It is an indictment of the hubris of our politically correct age that a film asserting this perdurable truth about mankind's affairs will strike many as offensive.
    • What is the connection between architecture, which is big and perdurable, and petty artifacts cutely arranged but utterly ephemeral?
    • The mind craves to make something perdurable out of something as tenuous as candlelight, something that becomes more and more itself through vicissitude.
    • Yet in this respect he set a precedent as perdurable as his plays.
    Synonyms
    enduring, long-lasting, long-lived, lifelong, abiding, continuing, remaining, long-term, surviving, persisting, permanent, deep-rooted, indelible, ingrained

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin perdurabilis, from Latin perdurare ‘endure’.

 
 
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