| 释义 |
continentally, adv.|kɒntɪˈnɛntəlɪ|
[f. continental a. + -ly2.]
In a continental manner; in relation to a continent; also fig. with ‘wide views’ of things (opposed to insularly).
1783A. Hamilton in Sparks Corr. Amer. Rev. (1853) IV. 22 They are the men who think Continentally. 1883in Amer. Home Mission Rep. May, A time when Christians needed to accustom their minds to larger things, when they needed to think ‘continentally’. |