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continuance

/kənˈtɪnjuəns/ 名词 C2

中文: 持续、逗留期间、延期审理

  1. The action of continuing. (uncountable)
  2. The period during which something continues or goes on; duration. (countable, uncountable)
  3. An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period. (US, countable)

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The stupidity with which he was favoured by nature must guard his courtship from any charm that could make a woman wish for its continuance; and Miss Lucas, who accepted him solely from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment, cared not how soon that establishment were gained.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第142页 · B2
Darcy had described as the idleness and vice of many years’ continuance.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第239页 · B2
“Madame,” answered the count, “you are under the roof of one who esteems himself most fortunate in having been able to save you from a further continuance of your sufferings.”
《The Count of Monte Cristo》,第494页 · C1

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