| 单词 | continent |
| 释义 | continent (kɒntɪnənt ) Word forms: continents 1. countable noun B1 A continent is a very large area of land, such as Africa or Asia, that consists of several countries. She loved the African continent. Dinosaurs evolved when most continents were joined in a single land mass. 2. proper noun People sometimes use the Continent to refer to the continent of Europe except for Britain. [mainly British] Its shops are among the most stylish on the Continent. Collocations: cross a continent The newcomers worked harder for less money and threw fewer sickies, as you'd expect of those motivated enough to cross a continent for a better life. The Sun This compares poorly with conventional fiber optic land lines, which typically take a thirtieth of a second or less to cross a continent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Think a journey of weeks or months, a trip that crosses a continent or a country, at the very least. Times, Sunday Times More reliable vehicles and services made long distance road trips easier for families, as the length of time required to cross the continent was reduced from months to days. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Comparing the generations, crossing the continents, requires too much subjectivity, let alone venerability, for satisfactory conclusions. Times, Sunday Times We left without having made the purchase that would have filled a hungry mouth on a distant continent. The Times Literary Supplement But that was on a distant continent. The Times Literary Supplement While every pound counts, it would be extraordinary if we couldn't make up the difference many times over through better regulations and freer trade with more distant continents. The Sun The choices on this diverse continent are almost infinite. Times, Sunday Times The game may explain a part of life in some areas of this vast and diverse continent, but surely no more than this. The Times Literary Supplement It's not just about the flights themselves; it's what they enable people to do: to live, work and holiday in the world's biggest economic bloc and most culturally diverse continent. Times, Sunday Times Each of the cities and countries through which it flows has been shaped by the river and its 1,770 miles (2,850 kilometres) link a diverse continent by more than geography. Times, Sunday Times If they succeed they will more than double the number of people who have trekked across the entire continent in this way. The Sun (2016) To the east lies the entire continent, gorging itself on the pure, white and deadly. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Consequently, we try to see the entire continent in one go. Times, Sunday Times (2009) That's it, for an entire continent. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Flights will now run weekly for scientists to explore the frozen continent and research penguins. The Sun From 1979 through 1990, the frozen continent was shedding ice at a rate of 40 billion tons per year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Climate scientists say that any attempt to predict exactly what climate change will do to the frozen continent will be extremely difficult. Times, Sunday Times They both said they loved each other, and it seemed like a battle of wills was keeping them on separate continents. Times, Sunday Times It was the last in a series across waterways that separate continents. Times, Sunday Times They will have gone from living on separate continents to living together 'in the smallest place we can imagine'. Times, Sunday Times It was, they added, a nice place to graze around the world, each eating from companionable but separate continents. Times, Sunday Times The two sites can be on separate continents or simply on different utility grids. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One in three thought polar bears live on the icy southern continent - really home to penguins. The Sun The band was much wider last year before the southern continent succumbed to one of its worst droughts ever. Globe and Mail I'd read it during my summer holiday, then came back to work and asked for a sabbatical to visit the southern continent on an icebreaker mapping the coastline. Times, Sunday Times A discharge hits his skybike causing him to crash on the isolated southern continent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the southern continent the combined armies find victory when they destroy the enemies cannons and factory, but at a very high price for the armies are nearly devastated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This exhibition looks at our ancestral heritage and discovers deep links that span the continent. Times, Sunday Times When those conquests spanned the continent, they spilled into the oceans. The Times Literary Supplement In recent years conservationists discovered that jaguar survival and health depend on a network of corridors that span the continent, while past efforts focused on developing distinct sanctuaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a membership of 30,000 individual lawyers and more than 195 bar associations and law societies spanning all continents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He knew the extremes the butterflies would have endured as they travelled the continent. Times, Sunday Times The family spent ten years travelling the continent. The Sun Her family did not approve of the idea of their young, unmarried daughter travelling the continent without escort. Globe and Mail The two stars travelled the continent for two months, partnering in exhibition matches against the top players in each area they visited. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was an amateur artist of considerable merit and from 1822 to 1833 travelled the continent drawing and painting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then you find out there's this vast continent of knowledge they don't have access to. The Sun A plan to remove the rock from the rest of the vast continent casts a shadow over the land. Times, Sunday Times They took pride in having established uniquely democratic institutions, settling a vast continent, and achieving unprecedented levels of prosperity. The Times Literary Supplement It's a vast continent with huge differences between even neighbouring countries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a consequence of his vision and audacity, there was now a land free from kings, a vast continent for new beginnings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He now has the gratitude of almost a whole continent. Times, Sunday Times I was upset for myself but also my country, the whole continent. Times, Sunday Times The videos went viral; the jokes did the rounds; a whole continent snickered. Times, Sunday Times This why they can bankroll the whole continent and, in their tight-lipped way, endure the resentment that comes with it. The Sun Or the platinum light of the full moon, spilling over the ice, setting the whole continent in a glittering light. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 大陆 Japanese: 大陸 |
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