continuous
/kənˈtɪnjʊəs/adjective
1
- forming an unbroken whole; without interruption连续的; 连贯的：
the whole performance is enacted in one continuous movement.
整个表演是以一个连贯的动作完成的。
1.1
- forming a series with no exceptions or reversals持续不断的：
there are continuous advances in design and production.
在设计和生产上不断进步。
1.2
- Mathematics (of a function) of which the graph is a smooth unbroken curve, i. e. one such that as the value if x approaches any given value a, the value of f(x) approaches that of f(a) as a limit【数】（函数）连续的。
2
- Grammar another term for PROGRESSIVE (in sense 3).【语法】同PROGRESSIVE （义项3）。
派生词
continuously
adverbcontinuousness
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin continuus 'uninterrupted', from continere 'hang together' （from con- 'together with' + tenere 'hold'） + -OUS.