| 单词 | lasting |
| 释义 | lasting (once / 516 pages) adj WORD FAMILY lasting: lastinger, lastingness+/last: lasted, lasting, lastly, lasts USAGE EXAMPLESFor Saroo Brierley , that separation was real and lasting— a story so extraordinary and harrowing that it carries an excellent movie called “Lion.” Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) In a small randomized controlled trial lasting eight weeks, 12 patients with restless leg syndrome seemed to see improvements in symptoms and quality of life. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) I’m hopeful that 2017 will see the flickering resurgence of outdoor civic spaces blossom into something more profound and lasting. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj lasting a long time without change a lasting relationship Syn stable resistant to change of position or condition 2adj continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place Syn|Ant permanent unchangeable not changeable or subject to change ineradicablenot able to be destroyed or rooted out abiding, enduring, imperishableunceasing aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unendingcontinuing forever or indefinitely indissolubleused of decisions and contracts standingnot created for a particular occasion stableresistant to change of position or condition impermanent, temporary not permanent; not lasting actingserving temporarily especially as a substitute ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transient, transitorylasting a very short time episodiclimited in duration to a single episode evanescenttending to vanish like vapor fly-by-nightephemeral improvised, jury-rigged, makeshiftdone or made using whatever is available interimserving during an intermediate interval of time pro tem, pro temporefor the time being shipboardcasual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship temporalnot eternal terminablecapable of being terminated after a designated time workingadopted as a temporary basis for further work unstablelacking stability or fixity or firmness 3adj existing for a long time a long- lasting friendship Syn durable, long-lasting, long-lived long primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified 4adj retained; not shed Syn|Ant persistent caducous, shed shed at an early stage of development deciduous(of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth |
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