the length of time that something lasts or continues 持续时间；期间 The school was used as a hospital for the duration of the war. 战争期间这所学校用作医院。 a contract of three years’ duration 三年期的合同
Extra ExamplesTaking antibiotics will shorten the duration of the illness. 服用抗生素能够缩短病程。 The next contract will be of shorter duration. 下一个合同持续时间会短一些。 The overall duration of the flight was 11 hours. 全部持续飞行时间为 11 小时。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- short
- limited
- …
- decrease
- reduce
- shorten
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- for the duration (of)
- of… duration
- throughout the duration of
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin duratio(n-), from durare ‘to last’, from durus ‘hard’.
Idioms
for the duration
- (informal)
until the end of a particular situation, especially a war 直到…结束；在整个…期间 His wife and children had gone for the duration to the Lake District to escape the bombs. 他的妻子和孩子去湖区躲避炸弹。