continue
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
to keep existing or happening without stopping 持续；继续存在；不断发生 If the current trend continues, that number will increase 165 per cent by 2050. 如果目前的趋势继续下去，到2050年，这一数字将增加165%。 Police have not yet made any arrests, but investigations continue. 警方尚未逮捕任何人，但调查仍在继续。 - + adv./prep.
The exhibition continues until 25 July. 展览举行至 7 月 25 日为止。 Fighting continued for four years. 战斗持续了四年。 The rain will continue into the evening. 这场雨会持续下到晚上。 Unions declared that the strike would continue indefinitely. 工会宣布罢工将无限期地继续下去。 Life continued on as normal. 生活照常进行。 Work continues apace on the second phase of the development. 开发的第二阶段工作继续快速进行。 The tradition continues to this day. 此传统流传至今。 - + adj.
The violence continues unabated. 暴力有增无减。 - continue to do something
The economy is continuing to grow. 经济持续增长。 The number of car accident deaths is continuing to decline. 车祸死亡人数持续下降。 Costs continued to rise. 成本持续上升。 The rain continued to fall all afternoon. 这场雨整整一下午都下个不停。 - continue doing something
The rain continued falling all afternoon. 这场雨整整一下午都下个不停。
- [transitive, intransitive]
to keep doing something without stopping 继续做；不停地干 - continue doing something
She wanted to continue working until she was 60. 她想要继续工作到 60 岁。 He vowed to continue fighting. 他发誓要继续战斗。 - continue to do something
We will continue to work closely with our international partners on this. 在这方面，我们将继续与我们的国际伙伴密切合作。 He continued to ignore everything I was saying. 他仍对我所说的一切置若罔闻。 - continue something
to continue a tradition/trend 延续传统/趋势 The board of inquiry is continuing its investigations. 调查委员会在继续做调查。 An estimated 2 per cent of the population continue their education beyond secondary school. 估计有2%的人口继续接受中学以上的教育。 She moved to New York to continue her studies. 她搬到纽约继续学习。 He continued his work in secret. 他继续秘密工作。 His mother vowed to continue her fight for justice. 他的母亲发誓要继续为正义而战。 - continue (with something)
Are you going to continue with the project? 你要继续做这个项目吗？ At the age of 70 she still runs 5 kilometres every day and intends to continue for as long as she can. 70岁时，她仍然每天跑5公里，并打算尽可能长时间地坚持下去。
Extra ExamplesWe need your support to enable us to continue with our work. 我们需要你的支持才能继续工作。 She wanted to continue working after the baby was born. 她想在孩子出生后继续工作。 The council has voted to continue using pesticides in public parks. 委员会投票决定继续在公共公园使用杀虫剂。 The orchestra continues its policy of commissioning major new works. 管弦乐队继续其委托创作主要新作品的政策。 Both governments will continue efforts to iron out their political differences. 两国政府将继续努力消除政治分歧。 Please continue with the work you were doing before. 请继续做你原来做的工作。
- continue doing something
- [intransitive]
to go or move further in the same direction （朝相同方向）走，移动；延伸 - [intransitive]
to remain in a particular job or condition 留任；维持原状 - [intransitive, transitive]
to start or start something again after stopping for a time （停顿后）继续，再开始 - [intransitive, transitive]
to start speaking again after stopping （停顿后）继续说，接着说
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French continuer, from Latin continuare, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’).