continue

英[kən'tɪnjuː] 美[kən'tɪnju]

第三人称单数: continues;过去式: continued;过去分词: continued;现在分词: continuing;

1. con- "together" + -tinu- + -e.
2. => keep together, uninterrupted.

continue 持续

con-, 强调。-tin, 持，握，词源同tenable, continent.

continue: continue: [14] Latin continēre in its transitive sense (with an object) meant ‘hold together, contain’, and led to English contain. However, it was also used intransitively in the sense ‘hang together’. From it was derived the adjective continuus ‘uninterrupted’ (source of English continuous [17]), which formed the basis of a new verb continuāre ‘make or be continuous’. English acquired this via Old French continuer. (The derivative continual entered English in the 14th century.)
=> contain, content, continent, countenance
continue (v.): mid-14c., contynuen, from Old French continuer (13c.), from Latin continuare "join together, connect, make or be continuous," from continuus "uninterrupted," from continere (intransitive) "to be uninterrupted," literally "to hang together" (see contain). Related: Continued; continuing.

1. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill: 成功不是终点，失败也并非末日，最重要的是继续前进的勇气。

2. I too am committing myself to continue the fight for justice.: 我本人也保证将继续为正义而战。

3. The President could continue to bash Democrats as being soft on crime.: 总统可能会继续抨击民主党人对待犯罪活动心慈手软。

5. The finance minister will continue to mastermind Poland's economic reform.: 财政部长将继续策划波兰的经济改革。