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the fact of not stopping or not changing 连续性；持续性 to ensure/provide/maintain continuity of fuel supplies 确保／提供／保持燃料供给的连续性
Extra ExamplesAfter twelve or thirteen centuries of unbroken continuity the landscape was being changed out of all recognition. 经过12 或13个世纪不间断的变化后，这个地区的地貌已是面目全非了。 More liaison between the old manager and the new one should ensure greater continuity. 前任和新任经理间的更多交流应该能够确保管理上更加连续。 To ensure continuity of care, it is better for a single doctor to treat the patient. 为确保治疗的连续性，最好是让一位医生单独来治疗这位病人。 We aim to give children a sense of continuity. 我们的目的是给孩子一种持续感。 historical continuity in the feminist movement 女权运动的历史连续性 the need for continuity of employment 持续就业的需要
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- greater
- remarkable
- unbroken
- …
- ensure
- establish
- give somebody/something
- …
- continuity between
- continuity in
- continuity of
- …
- a lack of continuity
- a need for continuity
- a sense of continuity
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a logical connection between the parts of something, or between two things （逻辑上的）连接，联结 The novel fails to achieve narrative continuity. 这部小说叙述不连贯。 There are obvious continuities between diet and health. 日常饮食与健康之间有着明显的逻辑关联。
Extra ExamplesThe author deliberately breaks the narrative continuity in order to confound the reader's expectations. 作者故意打破叙述的连贯性，以制造出乎读者意料的效果。 She is anxious to stress the continuity with the past in this new work. 她急于在这部新作中强调与过去的连续性。 There is often a lack of continuity between one government and the next. 一届政府与下一届之间往往缺少连续性。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- greater
- remarkable
- unbroken
- …
- ensure
- establish
- give somebody/something
- …
- continuity between
- continuity in
- continuity of
- …
- a lack of continuity
- a need for continuity
- a sense of continuity
- …
- [uncountable] (specialist)
the organization of a film or television programme, especially making sure that people’s clothes, objects, etc. are the same from one scene to the next （电影或电视节目场景中服装、物体等的）一致性，衔接
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French continuite, from Latin continuitas, from continuare ‘continue’, from continuus ‘uninterrupted’, from continere ‘hang together’ (from con- ‘together with’ + tenere ‘hold’).