| 单词 | continued |
| 释义 | continued (once / 36 pages) adj Continued means "ongoing." You might ask your friends for their continued help with the movie you're shooting in your neighborhood, even as filming goes long into the night. Use the adjective continued to describe something that has staying power, or that goes on for some time without pausing. A continued flow of water from a city fire hydrant just keeps on spurting, and your continued support for a politician means you keep on voting for her year after year. The Latin root of continued is continuare, "join together or connect." WORD FAMILYcontinue: continuance, continuation, continued, continues, continuing, discontinue+/continuance: continuances/continuation: continuations/continuing: continuingly/discontinuance: discontinuances/discontinuation: discontinuations/discontinue: discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinued, discontinues, discontinuing USAGE EXAMPLESIt was there that Mr. Qarau realized future generations might never see or taste a turtle if harvesting continued. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) But United continued to look like a team gathering some genuine momentum. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Robert Griffin III continued to show sparks of promise as he threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 32 more yards. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) adj without stop or interruption to insure the continued success of the war the continued existence of nationalism the continued popularity of Westerns Syn|Ant continuing remaining in force or being carried on without letup discontinued stopped permanently or temporarily interrupteddiscontinued temporarily out of print(of books) no longer offered for sale by a publisher |
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