| 词汇 | perpetual-motion |
| 释义 | BETA perpetual motioncollocation in Englishmeanings of perpetualand motionThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. perpetual adjective uk /pəˈpetʃ.u.əl/ us /pɚˈpetʃ.u.əl/ continuing for ever in the ... See more at perpetual motion noun uk /ˈməʊ.ʃən/ us /ˈmoʊ.ʃən/ the act or process of moving, or a particular action ... See more at motion Examples of perpetual motionperpetual motion Alternative energy, particularly renewable energy, has a very attractive sound about it, almost like perpetualmotion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It sounds as though there will be a perpetualmotion of changes to local government finance and local government boundaries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mathematicians and scientists knew that you could not have perpetualmotion, and the experiments which were made in that direction naturally failed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The notion that it is possible to get out more than one puts in seems to be based on an attempt to create a perpetualmotion machine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The promise of cheap money for everyone to fuel ever more growth, profits and liquidity has been revealed as an illusion: this type of perpetualmotion simply does not exist. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But even considerations about the technical realization of perpetualmotion resonated with the understanding of the sovereign as the self-acting agent. It is like trying to square the circle, or invent a perpetualmotion machine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the nearest thing to political perpetualmotion that you will ever come across. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The search for it is as foredoomed as the quest for perpetualmotion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a sort of perpetualmotion with regard to crime making. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The system was as good as perpetualmotion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no such thing as perpetualmotion either in physics or in economics. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English One of them is bimetallism, the second is the sliding scale in gas, and the third is perpetualmotion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said this is perpetualmotion: you can go on for 12 years and another 12 and another 12. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has gone over the counters of the shops and into the pockets of the landlords; it is perpetualmotion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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