单词 | duration |
释义 | duration (once / 661 pages) n Duration is how long something lasts, from beginning to end. A duration might be long, such as the duration of a lecture series, or short, as the duration of a party. The noun duration has come to mean the length of time one thing takes to be completed. The duration of something might be known or not — in past times, the unknown length of time the current war would last was called "the duration. "Musical notes, such as whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes, have different set durations, or lengths of time for which they are held. These varying durations, when put together, create the rhythm of the music. WORD FAMILYduration: durations USAGE EXAMPLESThe expectation is that his upcoming Las Vegas New Year’s Eve show will tend toward the more epic end of performance duration. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Roof represented himself for a week during jury selection before asking for his attorneys back for the duration of the trial's guilt phase. Reuters(Dec 28, 2016) “United States Secret Service will be Present for the Duration of the Experience,” warns the auction site. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1n the period of time during which something continues Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper continuance Regency the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity clocking the time taken to traverse a measured course longueura period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art) residence timethe period of time spent in a particular place spanthe complete duration of something stint, stretchan unbroken period of time during which you do something time scalean arrangement of events used as a measure of duration note value, time value, value(music) the relative duration of a musical note rulethe duration of a monarch's or government's power attention spanthe length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity extended time scale, slow time scale(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one fast time scale(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one regencythe period of time during which a regent governs period, period of time, time period an amount of time 2n the property of enduring or continuing in time Syn|Hyper continuance time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past 3n continuance in time the ceremony was of short duration Syn|Hypo|Hyper length longness duration as an extension continuation, lengthiness, prolongation, protractionthe consequence of being lengthened in duration endlessnessthe property of being (or seeming to be) without end shortnessthe property of being of short temporal extent brevity, briefness, transiencethe attribute of being brief or fleeting permanence, permanencythe property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration impermanence, impermanencythe property of not existing for indefinitely long durations length of service, longevityduration of service fermata(music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest ceaselessness, continuousness, incessancy, incessantnessthe quality of something that continues without end or interruption perpetuity, sempiternitythe property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) durability, enduringness, lastingness, strengthpermanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force imperishability, imperishableness, imperishingnessthe property of being resistant to decay perdurabilitythe property of being extremely durable temporarinessthe property of lasting only a short time transience, transiency, transitorinessan impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying mortalitythe quality or state of being mortal immortalitythe quality or state of being immortal curtailmentthe temporal property of being cut short briefnessthe temporal property of being very short temporal property a property relating to time |
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