continual
adjective
uk/kənˈtɪn.ju.əl/us/kənˈtɪn.ju.əl/C1
happeningrepeatedly, usually in anannoyingor notconvenientway:
(通常指令人讨厌或引起不便地)频频的,频繁的,再三的I've had continualproblemswith thiscareversince Iboughtit.自从我买回这车,它就常常出毛病。
I'msorry- I can'tworkwith these continualinterruptions.对不起——干扰不断,我无法工作。
Opposite
sporadic
- His continualdemandsforsympathybecamequiteastrainon hisfriends.
- In the end, it was the continualdrinkingthatdestroyedhim.
- Thebattalionhad tofacecontinualattacksfrom theenemy.
- Shesufferscontinualboutsofdizzinessandnausea.
- Those of us withmortgageshave beensubjectedto continual interest-raterisesin the lastcoupleofyears.
Continually & repeatedly
- 24/7
- ad nauseam
- again
- alway
- always
- hour
- hour after houridiom
- hourly
- immemorial
- interval
- jag
- morning
- night
- perpetual
- perpetually
- persistently
- quick-fire
- repeated
- rumble
- streak