continuum
英[kən'tɪnjʊəm]
美[kən'tɪnjuəm]
词态变化
复数: continuums; continua;助记提示
1. con- "together" + -tinu- + -um(拉丁语后缀，因此该词没做任何变更).
2. => keep together, uninterrupted.中文词源
continuum 连续体来自continue, 持续，连续。
英文词源
- continuum (n.)
- 1640s, from Latin continuum "a continuous thing," neuter of continuus (see continue). The plural is continua.
双语例句
- 1. These various complaints are part of a continuum of ill-health.
- 这些各种各样的疾病、不适都是身体健康状况欠佳的一种表现。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is at one end of the cost continuum.
- 这位于成本序列的一端。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. You cannot separate one part of history from the continuum.
- 不能割断历史.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. The medical professional bodies reply that development from fertilisation onwards is a continuum.
- 专业医疗机构答复说受精以后的发育是连续的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. We realize that they are all fused in an undifferentiated continuum.
- 我们发现它们在一个无差别的连续统中溶合。
来自辞典例句