/kənˈtɪnjuəl ||; kənˈtɪnjυəl/adj
happening again and again 一次又一次的;持续的:
His continual phone calls started to annoy her.他频频打电话给她,开始令她生厌。☞Look at incessant. 参看incessant。 ➔continuallyadv
continual/kənˋtInjUəl; kənˈtInjuəl/adj [only before noun 仅用于名词前] happening all the time without stopping, or happening many times 持续不断的﹔频繁的: five weeks of continual rain 连续五周的雨the continual threat of terrorism 不断的恐怖主义威胁THESAURUS 同类词Continual and continuous can be used in a very similar way ☆ continual 和 continuous 的用法很相似: a continual/continuous process 一个连续的过程Continual is also used when something happens many times, especially something annoying ☆ continual 还用于多次发生的事﹐尤其是令人讨厌的事: There were continual interruptions all day. 一整天老是有人打岔。Continuous is used to emphasize that there is no pause or break between things. ☆ continuous 用于强调没有停顿或间断: six continuous hours of meetings 一连六小时的会议a continuous line of trees 连续不断的一排树—continually adv : The phone rang continually. 电话铃不停地响。