continuance

英 [kən'tɪnjuəns] 美 [kən'tɪnjuəns]

• n. 继续；停留；持续；[律]延期审理

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of continuing an activity without interruption

2. the period of time during which something continues

3. the property of enduring or continuing in time

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. We request a continuance of your patronage.
   我们请求您继续资助。
2. We solicit a continuance of your order.
   我们恳切希望贵公司能继续订购。
3. Continuance of the war will mean shortage of the food.
   战争的持续意味着食品短缺。
4. Can we hope for a continuance of this fine weather?
   我们能够指望这样的好天气再持续一段时间吗?
5. Burress was in court, asking for a continuance in his case.
   布雷斯在法庭上要求延期审理他的案子。

经典引文

• His own preservation, or the continuance of his species.

  出自： Addison

• This is a tradition worthy of continuance.

  出自： C. Sagan

词汇搭配

• continuance of tenancy 租借权继续

近反义词

【近义词】

• continuation 继续
• endurance 忍耐
• persistence 坚持
• extension 延长
• protraction 延伸
• perpetuation 永存
• prolongation 延长
• maintenance 维修
• duration 持续时间
• lastingness 延长
• constancy 坚定不移
• abidingness 持久
• adjournment 延期
• sequence 顺序
• addition 增加
• succession 连续
• pursuit 追求
• concatenation 连结
• connection 联系
• existence 存在
• staying power 耐久力
• power 力量
• staying 拉线(撑

【反义词】

• discontinuance 停指