| 单词 | durability |
| 释义 | durability (once / 5221 pages) n Durability is when something lasts a long time. The durability of your favorite pair of hiking boots keeps them from wearing out even when you've walked many miles in them. Use the noun durability to describe the quality of permanence or strength that keeps something working or holds it together. Your parents' thirty year marriage has durability, and your sturdy old car that keeps on running mile after mile also has durability. The Latin root word, durabilis, means "lasting or permanent," and comes from durare, "to last or harden." WORD FAMILYdurable: durability, durably USAGE EXAMPLESIt became a mainstay at beer keggers, where its size, typically 16 ounces, durability and opacity were prized attributes. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Jackson conceded that Griffin’s durability is an issue. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) One of Cleveland’s biggest concerns about Griffin is his durability, one of the reasons Washington released him in March after four seasons. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) n permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force they advertised the durability of their products Syn|Hypo|Hyper enduringness, lastingness, strength tensile strength the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart indestructibilitythe strength to resist destruction continuity, persistencethe property of a continuous and connected period of time changelessnessthe property of remaining unchanged everlastingnessthe property of lasting forever permanence, permanency the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration |
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