continue
英 [k?n't?nju?]
美[k?n't?nju]
- vi. 繼續，延續；仍舊，連續
- vt. 繼續說…；使…繼續；使…延長
英英釋意
- 1. continue a certain state, condition, or activity;
- "Keep on working!"
- "We continued to work into the night"
- "Keep smiling"
- "We went on working until well past midnight"
- 2. continue with one's activities;
- "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"
- "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
- 3. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last;
- "preserve the peace in the family"
- "continue the family tradition"
- "Carry on the old traditions"
- 4. move ahead; travel onward in time or space;
- "We proceeded towards Washington"
- "She continued in the direction of the hills"
- "We are moving ahead in time now"
- 5. allow to remain in a place or position;
- "We cannot continue several servants any longer"
- "She retains a lawyer"
- "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"
- "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"
- "We kept the work going as long as we could"
- 6. carry forward;
- "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"
- 7. continue after an interruption;
- "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
- 8. continue in a place, position, or situation;
- "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"
- "Stay with me, please"
- "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"
- "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
- 9. exist over a prolonged period of time;
- "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"