絶えず

たえず
constantly

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たえず【絶えず】

**always

［進行形と共に］ たえず…ばかりしている《◆通例話し手の非難・立腹・嫌悪・軽蔑やいらだたしさを表す》

He is always saying bad things about others. 彼はたえず他人の悪口ばかり言っている.

*constantly

絶えず， しきりに；《略式》［進行形と共に］ いつも， たえず， 繰り返して《◆話し手のいらだち・不満などを表す》.

*continually

絶えず；ひんぱんに《◆しばしば進行形の文で話し手のいらだちなどを表す》

He's continually complaining. 彼は絶えずぐちをこぼしている.

*continuously

切れ目［途切れ］なく.

consistently

《正式》絶えず， いつも.

all the time

いつも， 常に.

▲Her constant complaints frustrated him deeply. 彼女が絶えず不満をもらすことに彼はがっかりした

I don't like you ［your］ yelling at her all the time. 君には絶えず彼女にがみがみ言ってもらいたくない

The thought kept running through my mind ［head］. その考えが私の心にたえず現れた.

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たえず【絶えず】

〔常に〕 always; all the time; constantly; (一日中) day and night; round the clock; 〔途切れずに〕 continuously; incessantly; uninterruptedly; unremittingly; without interruption [intermission, (a) letup, a break]; 〔止まることなく〕 nonstop; perpetually; ceaselessly; unceasingly.

●絶えず活動している be constantly active [on the move]

・絶えず努力する make a constant effort

・絶えずそわそわしている be restless all the time

・絶えず文句を言う nag [go on at] 《sb about sth》 all the time; complain [whine, grumble] constantly

・絶えず付きまとう follow [tail] 《sb》 constantly; haunt [shadow] 《sb》 day and night

・絶えず見張る keep a constant watch 《on…》; keep 《sb》 under surveillance round the clock.

●絶えず練習しないと体がなまる. Unless you train unremittingly you will get out of shape.

・息子は絶えず心配の種を持ち込んでくる. My son is a perpetual [constant] source of worry for [to] me.

・彼は絶えず冗談ばかり言っている. He never stops telling jokes.

・あの家には絶えずごたごたがある. There is no end of troubles in that family.

・この辺りは絶えず人通りがある. We get a constant stream of passers-by here.

・ファッションは絶えず変化し続ける. Fashions are continually changing [never stop changing].

・日本は絶えず地震の脅威にさらされてきた. In Japan the threat of earthquakes has never been far away.