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continuance

/kuhn-tin-yoo-uhns/US // kənˈtɪn yu əns //UK // (kənˈtɪnjʊəns) //

延续性,延续,继续,继续执行

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of continuing; continuation: a continuance of war.
    • : a remaining in the same place, condition, etc.
    • : continuation.
    • : Law. adjournment of a step in a proceeding to a future day.

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Examples

  • It’s because in order to convey nuance and layered depth – and for the sake of the continuance of the concept – you need paragraphs that are longer than one sentence.

  • The fact is that to respond ‘proportionally’ in warfare is merely to ensure the continuance of the conflict.

  • He granted her continuance at home, till the year of her noviciate; but that year must come, and it will commence next January.

  • Chemotaxis alone will not explain the continuance of leukocytosis for more than a short time.

  • Indeed the grand end of the Church's continuance in the world, is aspired at by the efforts of all her true members.

  • But this did not prevent the continuance of hostilities in Brazil, and the other foreign possessions of Portugal.

  • Better that were changed, by the removal of the evil, than to remain imperfect because of the continuance thereof.