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🇺🇸 /kʌntˈɪnju/ 🇬🇧 /kənˈtɪn.juː/

noun 编号: C03160 牛津3000 BNC #323 COCA #293

continue 的核心意思是让某件事沿着原来的进程不断下去；它既可以表示“继续进行”，也可以表示暂停后“接着进行”，还可引申为使某事延续或保留原状。

💡 记忆钩子

把 continue 想成一条没有断开的线：事情沿着线往前走，就是“继续做”；线中间暂时停下，后来重新接上，就是“继续、恢复”；让时间、状态或传统保持在线上，就是“使……延续”。在游戏里，continue 则像把断掉的游戏线重新接上，让玩家从原来的进度继续玩。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“继续进行”和“暂停后恢复”这两个核心意思，再学习“使某事延续”以及游戏、法律、扑克中的专门用法。
不要把 continue 理解成“重新开始”：它通常强调沿用原来的活动、进程或进度；游戏中的 continue 也不是从头开始。

📖 中文释义

noun

common 续玩机会

📖 在游戏结束或失去全部生命后，continue 是让玩家保留已有进度、接着玩下去的一次机会，可以理解为把游戏这条线重新接上。

💡 常用 `use/get a continue` 表示“使用或获得一次续玩机会”，也常出现在游戏规则或界面说明中。它是电子游戏术语，不能直接替代一般语境中的“继续”或“续费”。

I used my last continue and finally defeated the boss.

我用掉最后一次续玩机会，终于打败了首领。

continues plural

verb

core 继续进行

📖 表示沿着原来的活动或进程接着做，没有把它中断；这就是让事情沿着那条连续的线继续向前。

💡 常用 `continue doing sth`、`continue to do sth`，或用 `continue sth` 表示继续某项活动。前两种结构通常都可表示“继续做”，但不能漏掉动词形式；语气可用于日常对话，也可用于正式表达。

transitive

She continued working after everyone else had gone home.

其他人都回家后，她还继续工作。

Please continue reading the next paragraph.

请继续读下一段。
common 使延续

📖 表示使某件事、某种状况或某段时间维持下去，让它不要在这里断掉；重点在于造成或保持延续。

💡 常用 `continue sth`，宾语可以是传统、服务、谈话或某种状况。这个用法比单纯描述“某人继续做”更强调让某事持续，正式文章中尤其常见。

transitive

The museum continued the tradition of offering free tours on Sundays.

这家博物馆延续了星期日提供免费导览的传统。
rare 使保持某状态

📖 表示把某人或某物保留在特定的位置、状态或关系中，是“让它继续处于原状”的较正式用法。

💡 常见结构是 `continue sb/sth in a state/position`，但这种搭配很少见，现代英语通常会改用更自然的表达。学习时先认识其含义即可，不要把它当作日常会话中的首选结构。

transitive
rare 留在；持续存在

📖 表示人或事物继续留在某地、某种状态或某种联系中，是“连续不断地保持在那里”的古旧系词用法。

💡 这个用法带有明显的过时色彩，现代英语中通常不用它来表示“待在某处”或“保持某状态”。在普通阅读和会话中遇到时，按“继续存在、留在原处”理解即可。

intransitive
core 恢复；接着进行

📖 表示活动暂停后重新接上原来的进程，也就是把中断的线接回来，而不是从头开始。

💡 常用 `continue after sth`、`continue from sth`，也常直接说某项活动 `continues`。上下文通常会说明之前有暂停，例如休息、故障或中断；若强调从零开始，应使用表示“重新开始”的词。

intransitive

The meeting will continue after lunch.

会议将在午餐后继续进行。

The film continued from the moment the power came back.

停电恢复后，电影从中断的地方继续播放。
rare 延期审理

📖 在法律语境中，表示把案件、听证会或会议推迟到以后再进行，相当于让程序暂时停在线上，之后再接着走。

💡 常用 `continue a case/hearing` 或 `be continued until/to a date`，主要见于法律和正式程序文件。这里不是普通的“正在继续”，而是“延期、改期”，中文使用者尤其要注意不要把它误译成当下继续进行。

transitive
rare 持续下注

📖 在扑克术语中，表示在前一轮主动加注后，下一轮继续下注，是把进攻行动沿着上一轮延续下去。

💡 常用 `make a continuation bet`，也常缩写为 `c-bet`，只用于扑克讨论。它不是一般意义上的“继续下注”，而是有特定前后轮次条件的术语。

slang

continues present,singular,third-person continuing participle,present continued participle,past continued past continue first-person,present,singular continued first-person,past,singular continue present,second-person,singular continuest archaic,present,second-person,singular continued past,second-person,singular continuedst archaic,past,second-person,singular continueth archaic,present,singular,third-person continued past,singular,third-person continue plural,present continued past,plural continue present,subjunctive continued past,subjunctive continue imperative,present - imperative,past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 10 组

exist over a prolonged period of time

同义词集: continue

The bad weather continued for two more weeks

上位: be 下位: carry, die hard, endure, extend, persist, prevail, run, stand

continue talking;

同义词集: continue go on carry on proceed

`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'

carry on--pretend we are not in the room

上位: speak, talk 下位: jog, ramble, ramble on

move ahead; travel onward in time or space; ;

同义词集: proceed go forward continue

We proceeded towards Washington

She continued in the direction of the hills

We are moving ahead in time now

上位: go, locomote, move, travel 下位: head, limp, roar, trace, wander

allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; ; ; ; ; ;

同义词集: retain continue keep keep on

We cannot continue several servants any longer

She retains a lawyer

The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff

Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on

We kept the work going as long as we could

She retained her composure

this garment retains its shape even after many washings

上位: keep up, prolong, sustain

keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; ;

同义词集: continue uphold carry on bear on preserve

preserve the peace in the family

continue the family tradition

Carry on the old traditions

反义: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop 上位: hold, keep, maintain 下位: hang in, hang on, hold on, keep up, perpetuate, persevere, persist, prolong, re-start, restart, resume, sustain

continue a certain state, condition, or activity; ; ;

同义词集: continue go on proceed go along keep

Keep on working!

We continued to work into the night

Keep smiling

We went on working until well past midnight

反义: discontinue 上位: act, move 下位: hold, ride

span an interval of distance, space or time; ; ; ;

同义词集: cover continue extend

The war extended over five years

The period covered the turn of the century

My land extends over the hills on the horizon

This farm covers some 200 acres

The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles

上位: be 下位: constellate, cross, dot, overlap, overspread, ridge, span, spread, stud, sweep, traverse

continue in a place, position, or situation; ; ;

同义词集: stay stay on continue remain

After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser

Stay with me, please

despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year

She continued as deputy mayor for another year

上位: be 下位: abide, bide, stay

continue after an interruption

同义词集: continue

The demonstration continued after a break for lunch

上位: act, move

do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop;

同义词集: continue persist in

We continued our research into the cause of the illness

The landlord persists in asking us to move

上位: act, move

🌳 词源

来自中古英语，源自古法语和拉丁语，基本词源义是“使连续、使延续”。

From Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuāre. Displaced native Middle English thurghwonen, from Old English þurhwunian.

🔄 变式

- imperat continued 1st_sg continuedst archaic continues plural continuest archaic continueth archaic continuing present

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