喜樂美語
  1. 1rB2/ˈkɑːnstəntli/ · /ˈkɒnstəntli/不斷地／老是

    All the time, or very often — used especially about something that keeps happening again and again.

    All the time一直 or或 very often非常常 -- used especially about尤其用來描述 something that keeps happening again and again一再發生的事

    示範例句 · Example

    My little brother is constantly asking questions about how things work.

    逐字我弟弟不斷地問東西是怎麼運作的問題。

    「constantly」是英文裡表示「一直、老是」的副詞，強調一件事在一段時間裡重複發生、幾乎沒停過。常帶一點「太頻繁、有點煩」的味道（constantly complaining 老是抱怨）。跟 always 很像，但 constantly 更強調「反覆、接連不斷」這個過程。

    常見搭配

    • constantly changing

      一直在變

      always changing, never staying the same

      Technology is constantly changing.

    • constantly asking

      問個不停

      to keep asking again and again

      The kids were constantly asking when we would arrive.

    • stirring constantly

      不停攪拌

      to keep stirring without stopping

      Heat the milk gently, stirring constantly.

    • constantly reminded

      一再被提醒

      to be told about something again and again

      We were constantly reminded to save our work.

    意思相近

    continuallyalwaysrepeatedlyforeverendlesslyagain and again

core核心畫面

Picture a tap that never quite closes — drip, drip, drip. Nothing dramatic happens at any single moment, but it never stops either. That is the feel of constantly: not one big event, but the same thing arriving again and again until it becomes the background of the situation.

可以想成：一個關不緊的水龍頭，一直滴、一直滴。任何單獨一刻都不算什麼大事，可是它從來沒有停過。constantly 給人的感覺就是這樣——不是一次很強烈的事件，而是同一件事一再出現，久到變成整個情況的背景音。也因為這樣，它常常帶著一點「受不了」的語氣。

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意思相近

continuallyalwaysrepeatedlyforeverendlesslyagain and again

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

constantlyadv/ˈkɒnstəntli/

  • 1

    archaicWith steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.

    • Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him […] not to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.
  • 2

    In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.

    • For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […]
  • 3

    Recurring regularly.

    • I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets.
    • Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.
  • 4

    In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.

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