continuance

FREQ #27799

n. 继续, 停留, 持续 [法] 继续, 延续, 诉讼延期

发音

US /kənˈtɪnjuəns/
其它
UK /kənˈtɪnjʊəns/

词形变化

continuances 复数 continuances

别名

continuancy continuaunce

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The action of continuing.

    不可数 可数

    Now stands the Brere like a lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleasaunce. / But all this glee had no continuaunce: / For eftsones winter gan to approche; / The blustering Boreas did encroche, / And beate upon the solitarie Brere; / For nowe no succoure was seene him nere.

  2. 2.

    The period during which something continues or goes on; duration.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.

    美国 可数 法律 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

duration continuation

反义词 1

discontinuance

上位词 5

time period activity period of time time period

下位词 10

rule value stretch survival prosecution repeating span perseverance stint repetition

词源

From Middle English continuance, contynuaunce, from Old French continuance, from continuer.

来源：wiktionary