| 单词 | recurrent |
| 释义 | recurrent (once / 4817 pages) adj Do you dream again and again that you are flying? If so, you could say that you have a recurrent dream of flight. Recurrent means something that happens repeatedly. The word recurrent comes from a Latin word meaning "to return or come back." A recurrent dream, good or bad, keeps coming back. You'll hear this word used often about abstract things like dreams, thoughts, and in literature, themes. For instance, the theme of a motherless child finding its way in the world is recurrent in pop culture and literature. WORD FAMILYrecurrent: recurrently+/recur: recured, recurred, recurrence, recurrent, recurring, recurs/recurrence: recurrences/recurring: recurringly USAGE EXAMPLESBut that’s a recurrent feature of conservative politics, as Corey Robin argued in his book “The Reactionary Mind” and echoed on Salon last March: Salon(Dec 26, 2016) There is a recurrent genesis to these various artivist projects: the felt need to do something. Salon(Dec 20, 2016) It hasn’t moved so far because of recurrent worries about slow growth, weak inflation and turbulence overseas. Wall Street Journal(Dec 13, 2016) adj recurring again and again Syn perennial, repeated continual occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series |
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