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Continually 英 Kən'tɪnjuəli] 美 Kən'tɪnjuəli Adv.不断地;频繁地 Wife Dinning Ear

英语单词 continually
英美音标 英 [kən'tɪnjuəli] 美 [kən'tɪnjuəli]
中文释义 adv.不断地;频繁地
英语例句 (1) His wife kept continually dinning in his ear.
(2) He tried to enter it on the computer register, but he continually pushed the wrong keys.
中文例句 (1) 他老婆不断地在他耳朵边唠叨个没完。
(2) 他设法输入电脑记录,但频繁地敲错键盘。
vocabulary简明 When you do something continually, you do it over and over again. If you keep checking your email to see if you've gotten an important message, you can say you check it continually.
vocabulary扩展 The adverb continually is good for describing something you do repeatedly, or on a regular basis. Your little brother, for example, might complain continually that he's hungry for ice cream. The word continuously is easy to confuse with continually — when you do something continually, you take breaks in between, but when you do it continuously, you don't stop at all. Both come from a Latin root, continuare, or "join together."

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