单词 | enduring |
释义 | enduring (once / 719 pages) adj Many people have an enduring love for ice cream, that is, they have loved it for a long time and will continue to love it into the future. Enduring means long-lasting. Enduring has roots that go back about 1,500 years to the Late Latin period. It is quite an enduring word! The original root meant hard, so your enduring friendship or your enduring interest in sports is solid enough to stand the test of time. Besides meaning long-lasting, enduring sometimes means long-suffering as when someone has an enduring disposition, but this meaning is found in the verb more than in the adjective. WORD FAMILYenduring: enduringly, enduringness+/endurable: endurably, unendurable/endurance: endurances/endure: endurable, endurance, endured, endures, enduring/unendurable: unendurably USAGE EXAMPLESAs it happens, mania was Lowell’s most enduring diagnosis in his many years as a psychiatric patient. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The agreement promised an “enduring partnership” between the United States and Afghanistan, with pledges of American help in developing the Afghan economy and public institutions. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Our illogical, enduring fascination with play remains one of life’s great mysteries. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj unceasing Syn abiding, imperishable lasting, permanent continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place 2adj patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble an enduring disposition Syn long-suffering patient enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance |
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