1ADJ [usually ADJ n]不间断的;不变的;持续的;长久的 A perpetual feeling, state, or quality is one that never ends or changes. 不间断的;不变的;持续的;长久的
...the creation of a perpetual union.
永久联盟的创立
perpetually
They were all perpetually starving.
他们都一直忍饥挨饿。
He and his wife would be compelled to live perpetually as second-class citizens.
他和妻子将被迫永远做二等公民。
2ADJ [usually ADJ n]连续不断的;无尽无休的;没完没了的 A perpetual act, situation, or state is one that happens again and again and so seems never to end. 连续不断的;无尽无休的;没完没了的
I thought her perpetual complaints were going to prove too much for me.