permanent /ˈpɜːmənənt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ Something that is permanent lasts forever. 永久的

  例：

  Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain.

  饮酒过量可能造成永久性脑损伤。

  例：

  ...a permanent solution to the problem.

  …一个解决该问题的永久性办法。

• 2. 

  permanently ADV 永久地

  例：

  His confidence had been permanently affected by the ordeal.

  他的信心已永久地被这次磨难影响了。

• 3. 

  ADJ You use permanent to describe situations or states that keep occurring or that seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties. (问题或困难) 不断发生的; 一直存在的

  例：

  ...a permanent state of tension.

  …长期的紧张状态。

  例：

  They feel under permanent threat.

  他们感觉处在持续不断的威胁之下。

• 4. 

  permanently ADV (问题或困难) 不断发生地; 一直存在地

  例：

  ...the heavy, permanently locked gate.

  …这扇厚重的、长年锁着的大门。

• 5. 

  ADJ A permanent employee is one who is employed for an unlimited length of time. 终身的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  At the end of the probationary period you will become a permanent employee.

  试用期结束后，你将成为终身雇员。

• 6. 

  permanently ADV 终身地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  ...permanently employed lifeguards.

  …终身雇用的救生员。

• 7. 

  ADJ Your permanent home or your permanent address is the one at which you spend most of your time or the one that you return to after having stayed in other places. 固定的 (住所或地址) [ADJ n]

  例：

  They had no permanent address.

  他们没有固定的地址。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT A permanent is a treatment in which a hairstylist curls your hair and treats it with a chemical so that it stays curly for several months. 烫发 [美国英语]

  例：

  Her hair had had a permanent, but had grown out.

  她的头发曾经烫卷过，但又长出新的了。