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con·tin·ue /kənˈtɪnjuː/ vi. | vt.
❶ vi.
1. 延伸
The road continues for a hundred and fifty kilometres. 这条公路长150公里。
The path continues to the highway. 小径通向公路。
2. 继续(不断)，坚持下去
Continue until you reach the stop sign, then turn left. 一直往前走到停车标志牌，然后向左拐。
continue to run (或 running) every morning 每天晨间不间断地跑步
If you continue with such nonsense, I'm leaving. 如果你再这样胡说八道，我这就走。
3. (停顿后)继续
The meeting will continue after lunch. 午饭后会议将继续进行。
4. 延续；持续
The war continued for five years. 战争持续了5年。
The party continued well past midnight. 聚会一直延续到后半夜。
5. 留在原处；维持原状
continue in office for another year 留任一年
The children must continue at school till July. 孩子们必须在学校里呆到7月份。
continue in Cairo 仍留在开罗
He will continue as principal of the school. 他将继续当校长。
The weather continued (to be) fine. 天气继续保持晴朗。
6. 继续说，说下去
❷ vt.
1. 使继续(不断)，坚持
continue arguments about the fund 继续关于基金问题的争论
He continued his work despite his illness. 他不顾疾病坚持工作下去。
2. 使(停顿后)继续，再开始
He continued his speech after the applause ceased. 掌声停息后他继续讲下去。
To be continued. (未完)待续。
3. 使延伸，扩展
Continue the chord until it meets the tangent. 把弦延长至切线。
4. 使延续，使持续；使留在原处；使维持原状
continue sb. in office 使某人留任
He continued his magazine subscription for another year. 这份杂志他续订一年。
The team continued him as manager. 队里留他继续担任经理。
5. 继续说
“We must fight for racial equality,”continued the speaker. 演讲者又说：“我们必须为种族平等而战”。
6. 〈美〉【律】延期(诉讼)
[< OFr continuer < L continuāre to join together < continuus continuous] |