permanent

1. ADJ Something that is permanent lasts forever. 永久的

Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain. 飲酒過量可能造成永久性腦損傷。

...a permanent solution to the problem. …一個解決該問題的永久性辦法。

2. permanentlyADV 永久地

His confidence had been permanently affected by the ordeal. 他的信心已永久地被這次磨難影響了。

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. (問題或睏難) 不斷發生的; 一直存在的

...a permanent state of tension. …長期的緊張狀態。

They feel under permanent threat. 他們感覺処在持續不斷的威脇之下。

4. permanentlyADV (問題或睏難) 不斷發生地; 一直存在地

...the heavy, permanently locked gate. …這扇厚重的、長年鎖著的大門。

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

At the end of the probationary period you will become a permanent employee. 試用期結束後，你將成爲終身雇員。

6. permanentlyADV 終身地[ADV with v]

...permanently employed lifeguards. …終身雇用的救生員。

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]

They had no permanent address. 他們沒有固定的地址。

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. 燙發[美國英語]

Her hair had had a permanent, but had grown out. 她的頭發曾經燙卷過，但又長出新的了。