duration
noun OPAL W
/djuˈreɪʃn/
/duˈreɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)Idioms - the length of time that something lasts or continues
持续时间；期间 - The school was used as a hospital for the duration of the war.
战争期间这所学校用作医院。 - a contract of three years’ duration
三年期的合同
- Taking antibiotics will shorten the duration of the illness.
服用抗生素能够缩短病程。 - The next contract will be of shorter duration.
下一个合同持续时间会短一些。 - The overall duration of the flight was 11 hours.
全部持续飞行时间为 11 小时。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- short
- limited
- …
- decrease
- reduce
- shorten
- …
- for the duration (of)
- of… duration
- throughout the duration of
- …
词源late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin duratio(n-), from durare ‘to last’, from durus ‘hard’. - The school was used as a hospital for the duration of the war.
Idioms
for the duration
- (informal) until the end of a particular situation, especially a war
直到…结束；在整个…期间 - His wife and children had gone for the duration to the Lake District to escape the bombs.
他的妻子和孩子去湖区躲避炸弹。
- His wife and children had gone for the duration to the Lake District to escape the bombs.