- [uncountable] (formal)
the state of continuing to exist or function 继续;持续 - [countable] (North American English,
law )法律 a decision that a court case should be heard later 延期审理
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from continuer ‘continue’, from Latin continuare, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’).