permanent

adj.

1. 永久的；永恒的；长久的
   lasting for a long time or for all time in the future; existing all the time
   1. a permanent job
      固定工作
   2. permanent staff
      固定职工
   3. They are now living together on a permanent basis.
      他们现在决定长期同住。
   4. The accident has not done any permanent damage.
      那场事故没有造成什么永久性损伤。
   5. a permanent fixture (= a person or an object that is always in a particular place)
      固定于某处的人员 / 东西

noun

noun

1. ADJ 永久的；永恒的
   Something that is permanent lasts for ever.
   1. Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain...
      酗酒能造成永久性大脑损伤。
   2. ...a permanent solution to the problem...
      该问题一劳永逸的解决办法
   3. The ban is intended to be permanent.
      禁令将永久生效。
2. ADJ （尤指问题或困难）不断出现的，一直存在的
   You use permanent to describe situations or states that keep occurring or which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties.
   1. ...a permanent state of tension...
      长久以来的紧张局势
   2. They feel under permanent threat...
      他们觉得一直处于威胁之下。
   3. There was a permanent 20-yard queue for the portable toilets.
      流动厕所前总排着20码长的队伍。
3. ADJ （员工）终生的,长期的
   A permanent employee is one who is employed for an unlimited length of time.
   1. At the end of the probationary period you will become a permanent employee.
      试用期结束后,你将成为长期雇员。
   2. ...a permanent job.
      固定工作
4. ADJ （家庭住址）固定的
   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.
   1. York Cottage was as near to a permanent home as the children knew...
      在孩子们眼中,约克小屋最像一个安定的家。
   2. They had no permanent address.
      他们没有固定居所。
5. 卷发；烫发
   A permanent is a treatment where a hair stylist curls your hair and treats it with a chemical so that it stays curly for several months.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 perm

1. Temperature becomes uniform by heat conduction until finally a permanent state is reached.
   温度通过热传导变得一致，直到最终达到恒定状态。
2. The permanent council of the Organization of American States meets today here in Washington.
   美洲国家组织的常务委员们今天在华盛顿这里会面。
3. The government is ready to declare a permanent ceasefire
   政府准备宣布永久性停火。
4. Work began on establishing the cemeteries as permanent memorials to the fallen.
   把公墓建成阵亡战士的永久性纪念碑的工作已经开始。
5. Divorce is a permanent, ineradicable fact of modern life.
   离婚在现代生活中一直存在、无法改变。
6. This policy could isolate the country from the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
   这一政策可能会使该国孤立于联合国安全理事会其他常任理事国之外。
7. No one knows for certain how many refugees wander the world today, or languish in camps without a permanent place of settlement.
   无人清楚如今有多少难民在到处流浪，或有多少人流离失所，在难民营里受苦。
8. Hyatt has found a way of creating these qualities using the more permanent medium of oil paint.
   海厄特已经找到产生这些特性的方法，那就是利用油彩这种更加持久的材料。
9. The city's rather uncompromising bleakness is a permanent memorial to its dark and mysterious founders.
   这座城市毫不妥协的荒凉面貌是对其神秘莫测的创建者的永久纪念。
10. The human brain needs to be without oxygen for only four minutes before permanent damage occurs.
    人的大脑缺氧4分钟后便会造成永久性损伤。
11. Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain
    酗酒能造成永久性大脑损伤。
12. The ban is intended to be permanent.
    禁令将永久生效。
13. They feel under permanent threat
    他们觉得一直处于威胁之下。
14. There was a permanent 20-yard queue for the portable toilets.
    流动厕所前总排着20码长的队伍。
15. At the end of the probationary period you will become a permanent employee.
    试用期结束后，你将成为长期雇员。
16. York Cottage was as near to a permanent home as the children knew
    在孩子们眼中，约克小屋最像一个安定的家。
17. They had no permanent address.
    他们没有固定居所。
18. They had entered the country and had applied for permanent residence
    他们已经入境该国，并申请了永久居留权。
19. A serious car accident in 1986 ruled out a permanent future for him in farming.
    1986年一场严重的车祸让他永远不可能再务农了。
20. She is tall and blonde, with a permanent tan.
    她高个儿，一头金发，皮肤黝黑。
21. The museum will have a permanent exhibition of 60 vintage cars.
    这个博物馆将长期展出60辆老爷车。
22. With permanent tints, the result won't wash out.
    用的是永久性的涂料，洗不掉。
23. Don't get me wrong, it's interesting work. But it's not permanent
    别误会我的意思，这个工作很有意思，可惜不是长期性的。
24. No one can offer a permanent solution to the problem.
    没有人能提出解决这个问题的长久之计。
25. It's difficult to find a permanent cure for this disease.
    这病很难除根。
26. Nothing can assure permanent happiness.
    没有东西能担保永久的幸福。
27. China is one of the five permanent member states of the UN Security council.
    中国是五个安理会成员国之一。
28. In albuminous seeds, it remains as a permanent storage organ of the mature seed.
    在有胚乳的种子中，它保留作为成熟种子中的永久贮藏器官。
29. She looks pretty with her new permanent.
    她烫了发，显得精神了。
30. After long years of wandering, she at last found a permanent home.
    漂泊多年，她最终找到了自己的归宿。

  permanent enduring everlasting perpetual【导航词义：永久的，持久的】

  permanent adj. 长久的；永恒的

〔辨析〕指长时间持续或永久性存在的。

  enduring adj. 持久的

〔辨析〕指持续很长时间的。

  everlasting adj. 〈正式〉永久的，永恒的

〔辨析〕指永远持续下去的，即使在某人逝世之后仍然如此。

  perpetual adj. 长久的，持续不断的；终身的

〔辨析〕指一直存在、从不改变或停止的，作此义解时通常作定语；也指工作或职位终身的，作此义解时只作定语。

noun

1. a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

   Synonym:    permanent waveperm

adj

1. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
   1. permanent secretary to the president
   2. permanent address
   3. literature of permanent value

   Synonym:    lasting

2. not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition
   1. permanent brain damage