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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A new topological optimization method of dynamic continuum structures is presented based on nodal independent design variables.
  提出基于节点独立变量的连续体结构动态拓扑优化方法。
• It is at one end of the cost continuum.
  这位于成本序列的一端。
• The second discovery is to find a new model of standard calculus-Omega continuum model.
  本书发现了标准微积分学的新模型-欧弥伽连续统模型。
• It is a continuum of developing from rhetoric metaphor, cognitive metaphor to grammatical metaphor.
  从修辞隐喻到认知隐喻再到语法隐喻，对隐喻认识的发展是一个连续体。
• To answer this crucial question, the book bridges the gap between continuum mechanics and materials science.
  要回答这个关键性的问题，这本书桥之间的差距，连续介质力学和材料科学。
• The continuum theory certainly makes sense to me;
  统一体理论肯定对我来说是有意义的。