non-seasonal

/ˌnɒnˈsiː.zən.əl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌnɑːnˈsiː.zən.əl/ (ame, ipa)

non-seasonal — adjective

1. happening, available, or active across the whole year rather than tied to one pa

1.形容詞C1
釋義

happening, available, or active across the whole year rather than tied to one part of it; not changing with the time of year.

例句

Nkechi prefers non-seasonal vegetables like onions and potatoes, which her family eats every week.

attributive: non-seasonal + plural noun (typical food context)

Flu can strike anytime, but the common cold is largely non-seasonal in tropical countries.

predicative: be + non-seasonal (medical/epidemiology context)

同義詞
  • year-round

    more common in everyday speech; often used as an adverb too (e.g. 'open year-round')

  • all-year

    British-leaning; usually written with a hyphen before a noun

  • perennial

    stronger sense of 'continually present'; common in botany and figurative use

反義詞
  • seasonal

    direct opposite — tied to one part of the year

文法句型

non-seasonal + noun

be + non-seasonal

用法筆記

Frequently appears before nouns describing goods, jobs, illnesses, weather patterns, or sports leagues — anything whose level normally varies by season but in this case does not. Often used in implicit contrast with an expected seasonal pattern.

常見錯誤

❌The festival is non-seasonal in December.
✅The festival happens every month, so it is non-seasonal.
💡non-seasonal describes things spread across the whole year, not things tied to one month.
❌a non-seasonal fruit like strawberries
✅a non-seasonal fruit like the banana
💡strawberries have a clear peak season; bananas are available year-round.