constancy

英 [ˈkɒnstənsi]

美 [ˈkɑːnstənsi]

n.  稳定性; 持久不变; 始终如一; 忠诚; 忠实; 忠贞

复数：constancies　

TEM8

BNC.21966 / COCA.21376

牛津词典

noun

• 稳定性；持久不变；始终如一
  the quality of staying the same and not changing
• 忠诚；忠实；忠贞
  the quality of being faithful
  1. He admired her courage and constancy.
     他钦佩她的勇气和忠贞。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 持久不变;稳定
  Constancyis the quality of staying the same even though other things change.
  1. Climate reflects a basic struggle between constancy and change...
     气候反映出稳定与变化之间基本的较量。
  2. We live in a world without constancy.
     我们生活在一个瞬息万变的世界。
• N-UNCOUNT 忠实;忠诚;坚定不移
  Constancyis the quality of being faithful and loyal to a particular person or belief.
  1. ...those who have proved their constancy in love.
     那些已经证明了自己对爱情忠贞不渝的人

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
  1. early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds
  Synonym:stability
• faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)
• (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
  Synonym:perceptual constancy

双语例句

• The constancy of the speed of light seems, at first thought, unremarkable.
  光速恒定，初看起来好像很平常。
• Her mind is all of a piece: there is a pre-established harmony between her constancy to the dead husband and her repugnance to the new suitor.
  她的思想始终如一：在她对已故丈夫的忠贞与对新求婚者的反感之间存在着一种预定的和谐。
• He has constancy of purpose.
  他有坚定不移的目标。
• I learned so much from the new President of the United States& hope, might, reanimation, freedom, ease, constancy and masculinity.
  我从奥巴马身上看到了，也学到了信心、力量、激情、洒脱、坚韧和男子气概。
• Even an oath cannot guarantee your constancy.
  发誓也不能保证你的坚定不移。
• Redeemed only by the warmth and constancy of your friendship.
  但是被你的热情和对友谊的忠贞拯救了。
• Sometimes when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy.
  有时，当我们在绝望中迷失，在规律与不变中迷失；在无望与悲剧中迷失。
• John, I am a ridiculous man. Redeemed only by the warmth and constancy of your friendship.
  约翰，我是个荒谬的人，却被你的热情和对友谊的忠贞拯救了。
• While we do like change, we also need a sense of constancy.
  虽然我们的确喜欢变化，但我们也需要一种恒常不变的感受。
• Thousands of years, Garnet is considered to be the symbol of trust, constancy and pure.
  数千年来，石榴石被认为是信仰、坚贞和纯朴的象征。