continue

con.tin.ue

[kən`tInjJ;

kənˋtinju:, -nju]

《源自拉丁文“共同保持,使并列”的意思》

及物动词

1 (不间断地) 继续

(←→ stop)

a. 继续,使 <行动、研究、工作等> 持续

They ~d their task.

他们继续工作

b. 继续<做…>

He ~d to write novels.

他继续写小说

Prices ~d to rise.

物价继续上涨

c. 继续<做…>

He ~d reading, ignoring the bell.

他不理钟响,继续读下去

How long will you ~ working ?.

你要继续工作 [用功] 多久 ?

2 (中断后又) 继续

a. (中断后又) 继续,继续进行

He took a short rest and ~d his journey.

他稍作休息后又继续他的旅行

To be ~d.

未完,下期待续

Continued on [from] page 20.

下接第二十页

b. (中断后) 继续<做…事>

He ~d writing after dinner.

他晚餐后继续写

c. 接著说…

He ~d that we should keep the world in

peace.

他接著说我们应该维持世界和平

d. 接著说…

"Well, " he ~d, "what I want to say is.

?."“对了,”他接著说 :“至于我要说的是…”

3 a. 使<人>继续[…][at, in]

~ a boy at school

使男孩子继续上学

The Home Secretary was ~d in office.

内政部长继续留任

b. 使<人>继续 <担任…>

The teacher ~d him as class monitor.

老师使他继续当班长

4 ‘法律’延期<裁判>

不及物动词

1 (不间断地) 继续

a. <事件等>继续; <道路等>延续,扩展

The wet weather may ~.

雨天可能持续下去

The ribbon of road ~d as far as the eye could

see.

带状的蜿蜒道路延伸至视线所及的远处

b. [在…期间] 继续 (存在) ; [在…之间]延伸[for]

The road ~s formiles.

这条路延伸好几哩

The king's reign ~d (for) thirty years.

那位国王的统治持续了三十年

How long will the play ~?.

那出戏还要演多久?

c. (不休息地) 持续[工作等][with]

~ with one's work

坚持工作下去

2 (中断后又) 继续

The party ~d after dinner.

晚会在晚餐后继续举行

3 a. 逗留 [某地] ; 继续留任 [地位、官职等] [at, in]

He ~d in London.

他继续留在伦敦

He ~d at his post [in office].

他继续留在他的职位

(留任原职)

b. 留任<为…>

He ~d as president.

他留任为董事长

4 继续守住[…],继续保持[in]

They have ~d in the faith of their

fathers.

他们继续保持祖先们的信仰

5 仍旧,依然

If you ~ obstinate,.

?. 如果你仍旧顽固不化…

The play ~d an enormous success.

那出戏很叫座地继续演下去