プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
しきりに【▲頻りに】
1 〔たびたび〕frequently; often; 〔繰り返し〕repeatedly
- 彼はしきりに亡くなった母親の話をした
He often [frequently] talked about his dead mother. - 彼はしきりに会いに来た
He came to see me again and again. - 午前中しきりに電話が鳴った
The phone kept ringing all morning.
2 〔絶えず〕
- しきりに雨が降っている
It has been raining incessantly [without letup].
3 〔ひどく〕
- 頭がしきりに痛んだ
My head ached badly.／I had a splitting headache.
4 〔熱心に〕eagerly, keenly; 〔強く〕strongly
- 彼はしきりにそこへ行きたがっている
He is very eager to go there. - 彼はしきりに反対した
He opposed it strongly.