单词 | continuous |
释义 | continuous/kənˈtɪnjʊəs![]() adjective 1Forming an unbroken whole; without interruption: the whole performance is enacted in one continuous movement...
Synonyms continual, uninterrupted, unbroken, constant, ceaseless, incessant, steady, sustained, solid, continuing, ongoing, unceasing, without a break, permanent, non-stop, round-the-clock, always-on, persistent, unremitting, relentless, unrelenting, unabating, unrelieved, without respite, endless, unending, never-ending, perpetual, without end, everlasting, eternal, interminable; consecutive, running informal with no let-up archaic without surcease 1.1Forming a series with no exceptions or reversals: there are continuous advances in design and production...
2 Grammar another term for progressive (sense 3 of the adjective). 3 Mathematics (Of a function) of which the graph is a smooth unbroken curve, i.e. one such that as the value of x approaches any given value a, the value of f(x) approaches that of f(a) as a limit.In 1873 he gave a continuous function with divergent Fourier series at any point solving a major problem....
UsageThere is some overlap in meaning between continuous and continual, but the two words are not wholly synonymous. Both can mean roughly ‘without interruption’ (a long and continual war; five years of continuous warfare), but continuous is much more prominent in this sense and, unlike continual, can be used to refer to space as well as time, as in the development forms a continuous line along the coast. Continual, on the other hand, typically means ‘happening frequently, with intervals between’, as in the bus service has been disrupted by continual breakdowns. Overall, continuous occurs much more frequently than continual (almost five times more often in the Oxford English Corpus). Derivativescontinuousness
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin continuus 'uninterrupted', from continere 'hang together' (from con- 'together with' + tenere 'hold') + -ous. Rhymes |
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