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

• Sable or black-Constancy, sometimes grief.
  黑色－定、贞，有时也暗喻纹章主人的悲伤感情和气质。
• 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。
• Cubes, squares or dice-Constancy, wisdom, verity probity, and equity.
  立方体、方形、骰子－坚毅、学问、耿直和公正。
• Being settled is a state of mind, it is the constancy of purpose in the changeable world.
  “定”是一种境界，是居于多变之中的不动摇。
• I might have known not to expect constancy from someone like you.
  我本可早些知道不该指望有像你这种人的忠诚。
• 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。
• As a matter of fact, complexity and purity are both sides of a coin, they just reflcet the constancy of Gefei's literary theme from both sides.
  其实，复杂性和纯粹性集于一体是一枚硬币的两面，它从正反两面揭示了格非创作主题的恒定性。
• The Crucial Experiment for Checking Einstein's Postulate of the Constancy of the Speed of Light
  爱因斯坦光速不变假设的判决性实验检验
• 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。
• 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。