Incessantly
“Incessantly”是副词，用来修饰动词。它表示某个动作或状态以一种没有停顿、无休无止的方式进行。与它的形容词形式一样，这个词也经常带有“令人烦躁”的暗示，强调重复和持续的程度。
- “He talked incessantly about his new car, not noticing that no one was listening.” (他喋喋不休地谈论他的新车，完全没注意到根本没人听。)
- “It rained incessantly during our vacation, so we stayed indoors most of the time.” (假期里雨下个不停，所以大部分时间我们都待在室内。)
- “The phone rang incessantly all morning, keeping the secretary very busy.” (电话整个上午响个不停，让秘书忙得不可开交。)
- 词根: “cess”，源自拉丁语 “cedere”，意为“停止”、“放弃”。
- 基础词汇联想: “cease” (停止), “process” (过程)。
- 前缀: “in-”，表示“不”或否定。
- 后缀: “-ant”，构成形容词，表示状态。
- 后缀: “-ly”，副词后缀，表示方式。
在文学作品中，“incessantly” 常用来营造一种压抑或极度忙碌的氛围。例如，描写海浪不断拍打海岸（waves crashed incessantly）或者思绪不停地转动（thoughts turned incessantly）。
- 词形变化: 形容词形式为 “incessant”。
- 对应近义词组: “without stopping”, “all the time”。
你可以把这个词拆解为：in (不) + cess (停止) + ant (的) + ly (地)。记住 “cease” 意味着停止，那么 “incessantly” 就是不停止地。
“In the old clock tower, the gears ground incessantly for over a hundred years. The villagers grew so used to the sound that they only noticed it when the clock finally stopped one winter morning. The silence felt stranger than the incessant ticking ever did.” (在古老的钟楼里，齿轮一百多年来不断地磨损。村民们对这种声音习以为常，以至于只有在某个冬日的早晨时钟终于停止时，他们才注意到它。这种寂静感觉比以往那不停的滴答声还要奇怪。)