continuously

/kənˈtɪnjuəsli/ (bre, ipa) · /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/ (ame, ipa) · /kən-ˈtin-yü-əs-lē/ (ame, mw)

continuously — 副詞

1. happening or proceeding without any break or stop across a span of time

1.副詞B1
釋義

持續地

不間斷地發生或進行

happening or proceeding without any break or stop across a span of time

例句

The museum's security cameras run continuously, day and night.

博物館的監視攝影機日夜持續運轉。

collocation: run continuously

Yumi checked her phone continuously during the long meeting.

Yumi 在漫長的會議中持續查看手機。

collocation: check continuously

同義詞
  • constantly

    suggests something happens all the time but may allow very brief gaps

  • unceasingly

    more formal and emphatic than continuously

  • incessantly

    often used for sounds or actions that are so frequent they become annoying

反義詞

文法句型

[verb] continuously

continuously [verb]

用法筆記

Continuously means 'without any gap or break at all'. Do not confuse with continually, which means 'happening repeatedly over a period' — a machine can run continuously (no stop), whereas someone can be continually checking their watch (stopping and starting again).

常見錯誤

❌It rained continually for ten hours without stopping.
✅It rained continuously for ten hours without stopping.
💡When there is no pause at all, use continuously, not continually.