continue — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Động từ

1. To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   extendrun

   Ví dụ

   Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?

   Do you want me to continue to unload these?

   Thêm ví dụ (4)

   Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.

   Amid criticism that it was acting too slowly and indecisively in the face of disaster, TEPCO flooded three of its unstable reactors with water. It continues to do so while efforts continue towards long-term recovery.

   Fuelled by their fury, Spurs surged forward and gave themselves hope after 56 minutes when Scott Parker's precise through-ball released Adebayor. He was pulled down in the area by Cech but referee Atkinson allowed play to continue for Bale to roll the ball into an empty net.

   It has emphasised that the proposals do not involve any work on the railway itself, so train services would continue to run throughout.

2. To make last; to prolong.

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

   Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   Gino was distracted. She knew why; he wanted a son. He could talk and think of nothing else. His one desire was to become the father of a man like himself, and it held him with a grip he only partially understood, for it was the first great desire, the first great passion of his life. Falling in love was a mere physical triviality, like warm sun or cool water, beside this divine hope of immortality: "I continue."

3. To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc.

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

   […] dip the mouth of it within the second glass and remove your finger; continue it in that posture for a time, and it will unmingle the wine from the water […]

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state […].

4. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

   Cách dùng

   • nội động từ

   Ví dụ

   Here to continue, and build up here / A growing empire.

   They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   He then passed by the fellow, who still continued in the posture in which he fell, and entered the room where Northerton, as he had heard, was confined.

5. To resume.

   Cách dùng

   • nội động từ

   Ví dụ

   When will the concert continue?

6. To adjourn, prorogue, put off.

   Cách dùng

   • ngoại động từ

   Ví dụ

   This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.

7. To make a continuation bet.

   Cách dùng

   • tiếng lóng

Danh từ

1. An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.

   Ví dụ

   So if you died battling the green monster inside the cave—and you had run out of lives—maybe a continue would be available.

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   Moreover, where three lives and a sparse availability of extra life-giving '1-Ups' marked the 1991 experience, the iPod player is offered an unlimited number of continues with which to progress through the gameworld.

Động từ

1. continue a certain state, condition, or activity

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   go onproceedgo alongkeep

   Từ trái nghĩa

   discontinue

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   actmove

   Ví dụ

   Keep on working!

   We continued to work into the night

   Thêm ví dụ (2)

   Keep smiling

   We went on working until well past midnight

2. continue talking

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   go oncarry onproceed

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   talkspeak

   Ví dụ

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

   carry on — pretend we are not in the room

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

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   upholdcarry onbear onpreserve

   Từ trái nghĩa

   discontinue

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   keepmaintainhold

   Ví dụ

   preserve the peace in the family

   continue the family tradition

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   Carry on the old traditions

4. move ahead; travel onward in time or space

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   proceedgo forwardmove ahead

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   travelgomovelocomote

   Ví dụ

   We proceeded towards Washington

   She continued in the direction of the hills

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   We are moving ahead in time now

5. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   retainkeepkeep on

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   prolongsustainkeep up

   Ví dụ

   We cannot continue several servants any longer

   She retains a lawyer

   Thêm ví dụ (5)

   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

6. do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   persist in

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   actmove

   Ví dụ

   We continued our research into the cause of the illness

   The landlord persists in asking us to move

7. continue after an interruption

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   actmovehappenhapgo onpass offoccurpassfall outcome abouttake place

   Ví dụ

   The demonstration continued after a break for lunch

8. continue in a place, position, or situation

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   staystay onremain

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   existbe

   Ví dụ

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

   Stay with me, please

   Thêm ví dụ (2)

   despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year

   She continued as deputy mayor for another year

9. span an interval of distance, space or time

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   coverextend

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   be

   Ví dụ

   The war extended over five years

   The period covered the turn of the century

   Thêm ví dụ (3)

   My land extends over the hills on the horizon

   This farm covers some 200 acres

   The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles

10. exist over a prolonged period of time

    Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

    existbe

    Ví dụ

    The bad weather continued for two more weeks