資料來源 : pyDict

永久的,持久的,不變的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abiding \A*bid"ing\, a.
   Continuing; lasting.

Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [=a]b[=i]dan; pref. [=a]-
   (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[=i]dan to
   bide. See {Bide}.]
   1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to
      dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and
      commonly with at or in before a place.

            Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen.
                                                  xxiv. 55.

   3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to
      continue; to remain.

            Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor.
                                                  vii. 20.
      Followed by by:

   {To abide by}.
      (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.

                The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by
                what he said at first.            --Fielding.
      (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a
          decision or an award.

資料來源 : WordNet®

abiding
     adj : unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths" [syn:
           {enduring}, {imperishable}]