continue
verb /kənˈtɪnjuː/
/kənˈtɪnjuː/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they continue | /kənˈtɪnjuː/ /kənˈtɪnjuː/ |
| he / she / it continues | /kənˈtɪnjuːz/ /kənˈtɪnjuːz/ |
| past simple continued | /kənˈtɪnjuːd/ /kənˈtɪnjuːd/ |
| past participle continued | /kənˈtɪnjuːd/ /kənˈtɪnjuːd/ |
| -ing form continuing | /kənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ/ /kənˈtɪnjuːɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to keep existing or happening without stopping
持续；继续存在；不断发生 - If the current trend continues, that number will increase 165 per cent by 2050.
如果目前的趋势继续下去，到2050年，这一数字将增加165%。 - Police have not yet made any arrests, but investigations continue.
警方尚未逮捕任何人，但调查仍在继续。 - + adv./prep. The exhibition continues until 25 July.
展览举行至 7 月 25 日为止。 - Fighting continued for four years.
战斗持续了四年。 - The rain will continue into the evening.
这场雨会持续下到晚上。 - Unions declared that the strike would continue indefinitely.
工会宣布罢工将无限期地继续下去。 - Life continued on as normal.
生活照常进行。 - Work continues apace on the second phase of the development.
开发的第二阶段工作继续快速进行。 - The tradition continues to this day.
此传统流传至今。 - + adj. The violence continues unabated.
暴力有增无减。 - continue to do something The economy is continuing to grow.
经济持续增长。 - The number of car accident deaths is continuing to decline.
车祸死亡人数持续下降。 - Costs continued to rise.
成本持续上升。 - The rain continued to fall all afternoon.
这场雨整整一下午都下个不停。 - continue doing something The rain continued falling all afternoon.
这场雨整整一下午都下个不停。
- The process continued throughout the day.
这个过程持续了一整天。 - Work continued until nightfall.
工作一直持续到天黑。 - The trial is expected to continue for three months.
预计审判要持续三个月。 - Work on the new road is expected to continue for another two months.
新道路的施工预计还会持续两个月。
- If the current trend continues, that number will increase 165 per cent by 2050.
- [transitive, intransitive] to keep doing something without stopping
继续做；不停地干 - continue doing something She wanted to continue working until she was 60.
她想要继续工作到 60 岁。 - He vowed to continue fighting.
他发誓要继续战斗。 - continue to do something We will continue to work closely with our international partners on this.
在这方面，我们将继续与我们的国际伙伴密切合作。 - He continued to ignore everything I was saying.
他仍对我所说的一切置若罔闻。 - continue something to continue a tradition/trend
延续传统/趋势 - The board of inquiry is continuing its investigations.
调查委员会在继续做调查。 - An estimated 2 per cent of the population continue their education beyond secondary school.
估计有2%的人口继续接受中学以上的教育。 - She moved to New York to continue her studies.
她搬到纽约继续学习。 - He continued his work in secret.
他继续秘密工作。 - His mother vowed to continue her fight for justice.
他的母亲发誓要继续为正义而战。 - continue (with something) Are you going to continue with the project?
你要继续做这个项目吗？ - At the age of 70 she still runs 5 kilometres every day and intends to continue for as long as she can.
70岁时，她仍然每天跑5公里，并打算尽可能长时间地坚持下去。
- We need your support to enable us to continue with our work.
我们需要你的支持才能继续工作。 - She wanted to continue working after the baby was born.
她想在孩子出生后继续工作。 - The council has voted to continue using pesticides in public parks.
委员会投票决定继续在公共公园使用杀虫剂。 - The orchestra continues its policy of commissioning major new works.
管弦乐队继续其委托创作主要新作品的政策。 - Both governments will continue efforts to iron out their political differences.
两国政府将继续努力消除政治分歧。 - Please continue with the work you were doing before.
请继续做你原来做的工作。
- continue doing something She wanted to continue working until she was 60.
- [intransitive] to go or move further in the same direction
（朝相同方向）走，移动；延伸 - The rough track continues, but it quickly disappears into undergrowth.
崎岖的小路继续延伸，但很快消失在灌木丛中。 - + adv./prep. The path continued over rough, rocky ground.
这条小路穿过了崎岖不平的石头地。 - He continued on his way.
他继续走他的路。 - The road continues through the village of Knightwick.
这条路继续穿过奈特威克村。
- The rough track continues, but it quickly disappears into undergrowth.
- [intransitive] to remain in a particular job or condition
留任；维持原状 - She will continue in her present job until a replacement can be found.
在找到替换人员以前，她将继续做她目前的工作。 - continue as something I want you to continue as project manager.
我要你留任项目经理。
- She will continue in her present job until a replacement can be found.
- [intransitive, transitive] to start or start something again after stopping for a time
（停顿后）继续，再开始 - The story continues in our next issue.
这篇故事我们将在下一期里继续刊载。 - continue something They had to continue their journey on foot.
他们不得不继续徒步旅行。 - We shall continue our discussion of retailing in Chapter 7.
我们将在第七章继续讨论零售业。 - The story will be continued in our next issue.
这篇故事我们将在下一期里继续刊载。
- The story continues in our next issue.
- [intransitive, transitive] to start speaking again after stopping
（停顿后）继续说，接着说 - Please continue—I didn't mean to interrupt.
请继续往下说，我并非有意打断你的话。 - continue something She simply turned her back to me and continued her phone conversation.
她只是背对着我，继续她的电话交谈。 - + speech ‘In fact,’ he continued, ‘I'd like to congratulate you.’
“其实，” 他接着说，“我想向你表示祝贺。”
- Please continue—I didn't mean to interrupt.
词源Middle English: from Old French continuer, from Latin continuare, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’).