unremitting

a. 不懈的, 不断的, 坚忍的, 持续的 [经] 不间断的, 持续的

发音

UK /ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ/
其它
US /ˌʌnɹɪˈmɪtɪŋ/

词形变化

more unremitting 比较级 most unremitting 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Incessant; never slackening.

    1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467. We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.

词汇关系

词源

un- + remitting, from remit (in now rare sense of “diminish, abate”), from Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter. Not from nonexistent unremit. First attested in 1728.

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