0 to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to do this:
[ + to infinitive ] It's said that as the boat went down the band continued to play.
[ + -ing verb ] If she continues drinking like that, I'll have to carry her home.
If the rain continues, we'll have to cancel tonight's plans.
Sally Palmer will be continuing as chairperson this autumn.
After stopping for a quick drink, they continued on their way.
[ + -ing verb ] He paused for a moment to listen and then continued eating.
The president continued by saying that his country was a free country and would always remain so.
[ + speech ] "I don't like your weather!" she shouted, "and I don't," she continued, "like your food!"
1 to keep happening or to keep doing something without stopping:
[ + to infinitive ] If it continues to rain, we may have to cancel the outdoor concert.
[ + to infinitive ] I will continue to say what I believe.
They continued hoping there would be additional survivors.
[ T ] After a break for lunch, they continued their discussions.
The repair work on the south-bound lane of the motorway will continue until June.
Please resume your seats, as the performance will continue in two minutes.
I'd like to continue this discussion but we're all out of time.
Football's popularity continues to grow.
If such a trend continues over time, the first vocoid will eventually be lost.
Work in this period also continued a long tradition of careful examination of typologies and implicational universals.
The separate, but nonetheless phonetically based requirement that faucal features be realised on vocalic structure continues to respect this feature cooccurrence restriction.
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(使)繼續,(使)持續,(使)延續, (中斷後)再繼續,又開始…
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(使)继续,(使)持续,(使)延续, (中断后)再继续,又开始…
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seguir, continuar, prolongarse…
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continuar, retomar, prosseguir…
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~が続く, ~を続ける, 再開する…
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devam et(tir)mek, sür(dür)mek, ilerle(t)mek…
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continuer, (se) poursuivre, reprendre…
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continuar…
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