3 continued, continual, continuous 有什么区别

Continued developments in communication technologies were once believed to make the printed page outdated. From a 21st-century point of view, the printed book is certainly ancient, but it remains as interactive as any battery-powered e-reader. To serve its function, a book must be activated by a user: the cover opened, the pages parted, the contents reviewed, perhaps notes written down or words underlined. And in contrast to our increasingly networked lives where the information we consume is monitored and tracked, a printed book still offers the chance of a wholly private, “off-line” activity.

这是2023年高考英语新全国卷2阅读理解C中的一段。

请问第一句中的第一个单词 continued 意思是“连续的”,对吧?

那请问专家老师,continued, continual, continuous 有什么区别啊?

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最佳答案 2023-11-28 08:22

1. 关于continualcontinuous的区别,陈用仪有这样的说法:

continual是“反复不停发生的”,如电话铃声。continuous是“连续不断的”,如流水。

2. 葛传椝教授也解释了一下continual,continued,continuous三者的不同:

1continual只指时间,continuedcontinuous指时间和空间都可以。

2 continual是“频繁的”,continuous是“不断的”。如There was continual rain for an hour,并不是说“持续下雨一小时”,也许是每隔一分钟下雨一分钟,一共下了三十分钟,There was continuous(continued) rain for an hour.是“持续下雨一小时”。可以说The continual noise gave me a continuous headache.

3) continuedcontinuous着重“被使持续不断的”意思。例如:this year's continued development(今年的持续发展)

葛传椝教授的第3条解释,似乎是源于动词continue的本意:to cause to remain or last;retain or maintain,而continued似乎可以理解为过去分词型形容词,内含有外力驱动的意味,所以有“被使持续不断的”意思。而文章中所说的continued developments in communication technologies,似乎这种持续发展需要人为的驱动,来使之维稳。

但是,continued的这种“被使持续不断的”意思,有时已经消失,似乎continued已经完全形容词化了。例如:

The continued lack of rain is starting to worry people.(剑桥高阶词典)

此外,continued除了“持续不断的”,还有“(中断后)继续的”意思:

adj. going on after interruption;resumed after interruption

a continued TV series

a continued story

谈谈理解,仅供参考。

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擅长:英语

continued(adj) 表示持续不停,有长时间的意味。continuous 主要表示持续不停, 不间断。continual表示持续发生,但有间断,如:continual rain (指雨下下停停的,没完没了)。根据《柯林斯惯用法词典》的解释,当用来描述人们不愿意看到的事时,使用continual更好,如:continual pain.请看词典解释:

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但现代英语中也经常看到continuous 用于描述人们不愿意看到的现象,所以该词典用:it's better to use continual’,也就是说continuous不是不能用。请看外刊例句:

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另外,根据该词典的解释:continual只能放在名词前做定语,而continuous则即可做定语修饰名词,也可以做表语。原文表述如下:

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陈才   - 英语教师
擅长:中考英语,词法问题

Continued developments in communication technologies were once believed to make the printed page outdated.

人们一度认为,通信技术的持续发展使印刷纸张过时了。

1continual 强调重复或持续发生,但连续之间允许有间断。

He was in a continual process of rewriting his material. 他一直在不断地改写他的材料。

2continuous 语意最强,强调在时间和空间上没有间断。

The rain has been continuous since this morning. 从早上到现在这雨就没停过。

3continued 强调以相同且没有任何变化或中断状态存在。

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