| 单词 | inconstancy |
| 释义 | inconstancy (once / 6185 pages) n When your friend promises to save you the last piece of gum but doesn't, you might curse her for her inconstancy. Inconstancy means changeability, not sticking to a predetermined course. Inconstancy is a word often associated with love––if someone promises to love you forever in eighth grade but ends up falling for someone else in ninth, their behavior testifies to the inconstancy of their love. Or the inconstancy of youth. Or maybe just the inconstancy of love in general. WORD FAMILYinconstancy: inconstancies+/constancy: constancies/constant: constancy, constantly, constants, inconstant/inconstant: inconstancy, inconstanter, inconstantly USAGE EXAMPLESTrade Representative for China Affairs, said China would seek to contrast its commitment to the region with U.S. inconstancy. Reuters(Nov 22, 2016) In some House districts, Republicans are getting mailers reminding them of the inconstancy of their party’s candidate. Washington Post(Oct 26, 2016) Mine is not the only field where inconstancy can be a virtue. Slate(May 08, 2016) 1n the quality of being changeable and variable Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper changefulness constancy, stability the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation capriciousness, unpredictability the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses changeability, changeableness the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change 2n unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous Syn|Hyper faithlessness, falseness, fickleness infidelity, unfaithfulness the quality of being unfaithful |
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