duration
/djʊəˈreɪʃən/noun
- the time during which something continues持续时间, 期间; 持续：
bicycle hire for the duration of your holiday
假日期间的自行车出租
a flight of over eight hours' duration.
一次持续八个多小时的飞行。
短语
for the duration
1
- until the end of something, especially a war直到（…的）结束（尤指直至战争结束）。
1.1
- informal for a very long time〈非正式〉长期地：
some stains may be there for the duration.
一些污迹有可能长期无法去除。
派生词
durational
adjective词源
late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin duratio （n-）, from durare 'to last', from durus 'hard'.