perennial
Word family verbperennatenounperennationperennialityadjectiveperennialadverbperennially
pe·ren·ni·al1 /pəˈreniəl/ adjectiveadj 1 ALL THE TIMEcontinuing or existing for a long time, or happening again and again 持续的;长久的;反复出现的 Lack of resources has been a perennial problem since the beginning. 财力不足从最初起就一直是个问题。
Teddy bears are a perennial favorite with children. 泰迪熊一直受到孩子们的喜爱。
2. HBPa plant that is perennial lives for more than two years 〔植物〕多年生的 → annual —perennially adverbadv
perennial problem• Did the women of the locality - and/or the imagination - constitute a perennial problem?• His answer touched the perennial problems and pretensions of politicians.• Then came the perennial problem - do I put the neckband on next, or the front bands.• Alison MacDonald on the perennial problem of child care.• But the perennial problem of providing for other children remained.• The first was the perennial problem of the two-front war.• Money and how to get hold of it were the perennial problems that refused to go away.• Crying Crying is a perennial problem with young children from babyhood on. perennial2 noun [countableC] HBPa plant that lives for more than two years 多年生植物 → annual → hardy perennial(1) Origin perennial1 (1600-1700) Latin perennis, from per- “through” + annus “year”