continuum

英 [kənˈtɪnjuəm]

美 [kənˈtɪnjuəm]

n.  (相邻两者相似但起首与末尾截然不同的)连续体

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Collins.1 / BNC.10538 / COCA.8541

牛津词典

noun

• （相邻两者相似但起首与末尾截然不同的）连续体
  a series of similar items in which each is almost the same as the ones next to it but the last is very different from the first
  1. It is impossible to say at what point along the continuum a dialect becomes a separate language.
     要说出同一语言的方言差异到什么程度就成为一种别的语言是不可能的。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 统一体;连续体
  Acontinuumis a set of things on a scale, which have a particular characteristic to different degrees.
  1. These various complaints are part of a continuum of ill-health...
     这些各种各样的疾病、不适都是身体健康状况欠佳的一种表现。
  2. It is at one end of the cost continuum.
     这位于成本序列的一端。
• N-COUNT 连续发生的事情
  Acontinuumis a continuous series of closely connected events.
  1. The medical professional bodies reply that development from fertilisation onwards is a continuum.
     专业医疗机构答复说受精以后的发育是连续的。

英英释义

noun

• a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts

双语例句

• The paper discusses heat moisture migration in saturated freezing soil on the basis of mixture theory and continuum mechanics.
  应用连续介质的混合物理论研究了饱和正冻土中的水热迁移问题。
• We say that the real number system is a continuum.
  我们讲，实数系是一个连续集。
• My experience then – and since – has reinforced my sense that events occur within a continuum.
  我在当时以及之后的经验加强了我的感觉：大事的发生具有连续性。
• Present calculation results show that ionization continuum and positronium formation channels play an important role in positron-potassium scattering.
  计算结果表明，电离和正负电子偶素的形成在正电子和钾原子碰撞散射体系中起著重要的作用。
• The medical professional bodies reply that development from fertilisation onwards is a continuum.
  专业医疗机构答复说受精以后的发育是连续的。
• It is at one end of the cost continuum.
  这位于成本序列的一端。
• The angular part of a continuum wave function is, of course, a spherical harmonic.
  连续谱波函数的角度部分当然是球谐函数。
• It is inseparable from space, coexisting in what these scientists call the@ time-space continuum.
  它和空间是密不可分的，共同存在于这些科学家所谓的连续时空中。
• You cannot separate one part of history from the continuum.
  不能割断历史。
• These various complaints are part of a continuum of ill-health
  这些各种各样的疾病、不适都是身体健康状况欠佳的一种表现。