In the first one, to have a brother, is a permanent state of existence.

在第一个例子中，有一个兄弟，是一种永久性存在的状态。

London, at the time the world's largest and most prosperous city, was in a permanent state of gridlock, with carts, costermongers, cows, and commuters jamming the roads.

伦敦作为当时世界上最大最繁荣的城市，正处于一种长期交通瘫痪的状态，路上总是被推车、小贩、牛和行人给堵住了。

Sindy had more realistic bodily proportions than Barbie – she was more flat-chested, had a rounder face, and her feet were flatter, unlike Barbie's curved feet in a permanent state of high-heel readiness.

仙蒂的身材比例比芭比娃娃更真实——她胸部更平，脸更圆，脚也更平，不像芭比那样弯弯曲曲的脚，总是穿着高跟鞋。

Telles fears that Mexican-Americans may be fated to follow in the footsteps of American blacks--- that large parts of the community may become mired in a seemingly permanent state of poverty and underachievement.

泰勒斯担心墨西哥裔美国人可能注定要步美国黑人的后尘——社区中的大部分人可能会陷入看似永久的贫困和成绩不佳的状态。

I think most of the biggest lay-offs, particularly in tech, are a direct product of everyone assuming their massive growth during the pandemic was actually not a one-off short-term thing, but a permanent state of growth.

我认为大多数最大规模的裁员，尤其是在科技行业， 是每个人都认为他们在大流行期间的大规模增长实际上不是一次性的短期事件，而是一种永久的增长状态。