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词汇 continent
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continent1

noun ˈkɒntɪnəntˈkɑnt(ə)nənt
  • 1Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, Antarctica).

    洲(指欧、亚、非、南北美、澳、南极洲之一),大陆

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You're all my very extended family spanning all continents and all time zones around the world.
    • So, after Everest, she resolved to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.
    • This steep sided sea flows like a meeting place between the two continents of Africa and Asia.
    • As far as the other continents were concerned British capital was centred on the Empire.
    • The history of the Armenian state and people spans over three thousand years and six continents.
    • The experience of war fought across two oceans and three continents turned it into a military hegemon of the first order.
    • The one mass of land began to break up, and the separating continents took with them living cargoes of animals.
    • With present telecommunication links it is indeed possible to work across the continents.
    • Thousands died on the seas while they were being shipped like caged cattle between continents.
    • This is due to the fact that all the continents had merged into a single landmass.
    • A child from an extended family may be living across different continents with different cultures and laws.
    • The plan is to sail around several continents before eventually returning to Europe.
    • Australia was the last of the inhabited continents to be reached by Europeans.
    • Instead, tectonics has encircled the north pole with most of the great continents.
    • By the end of my second year there, I'd travelled to most continents, and my air miles account was truly bulging.
    • It even creates news products for maritime and land mobile markets across six continents and four ocean regions.
    • To be competitive in the 1990s, airlines must offer services across several continents.
    • In fact, we know that tornadoes have occurred on all continents except Antarctica.
    • The flowers also tend to be very small, compared to the size of the flowers found in other landmasses and continents.
    • The Middle East and tropical Africa were the last continents that Europeans colonized.
    Synonyms
    mainland
    1. 1.1 The mainland of Europe as distinct from the British Isles.
      (有别于英伦三岛的)欧洲大陆
      clubs sprang up in Britain and on the Continent
    2. 1.2archaic A mainland contrasted with islands.
      (与岛屿相对而言的)大陆
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The island continent, Atlantis, began to tremble once more with extreme fury.
      • They saw only the tiny volcanic islands but no massive continent as he had claimed.
      • Their goal was to take over every island and continent and submit them to dictatorship.
      • Although it was a disaster it brought out some great characteristics of mateship and sacrifice for this little island continent of ours.
      • Soon Sasha found herself riding in Hardy's carrier under the strange stars of the island continent.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting a continuous tract of land): from Latin terra continens 'continuous land'.

  • The geographical term continent is from the Latin phrase (terra) continens ‘continuous land’. Continue (Middle English) comes from the same root.

Rhymes

subcontinent

continent2

adjective ˈkɒntɪnəntˈkɑnt(ə)nənt
  • 1Able to control movements of the bowels and bladder.

    能控制排泄的,有正常排泄节制力的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The patients in the study were losing the ability to dress themselves, bathe, use the toilet, clean themselves, and remain continent.
    • We compared the risk of urinary incontinence in the daughters of incontinent women with that in the daughters of continent women.
    • This provides a mechanism to influence the two muscle groups to work in concert for continent urine storage and release.
  • 2Exercising self-restraint, especially sexually.

    自制的,自律的;有节制的;(尤指)节制性欲的,禁欲的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were sexually continent all their lives.
    • They believed that the church should be made up of women and men who were sexually continent and who also abstained from wine and meat.
    Synonyms
    temperate, abstinent, austere, moderate, self-disciplined, self-denying, restrained, self-restrained, non-indulgent, sober, ascetic, puritanical, spartan, strict, severe, self-abnegating, hair-shirt

Derivatives

  • continence

  • noun ˈkɒntɪnənsˈkɑnt(ə)nəns
    • In addition, they often undergo frequent orthopedic, urologic, and neurologic procedures, as well as daily contact with latex products to maintain bladder and bowel continence.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sexual continence and silence have long been valued as paths of purity.
      • It is owing to this want of continence that everything is on the brink of ruin in our country.
      • Secondary enuresis, whereby children establish urinary continence and relapse after age five or six is less common, and is associated with more stressful life events.
      • Self-reports of urinary continence showed no difference between groups.
      • And it was St. Augustine who proclaimed, ‘Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.’
      • The traditional pillars of American conservatism were fiscal continence and isolationism.
      • Proctocolectomy eliminates diseased colon, but in this case, the anal sphincter is spared, and therefore, anal continence can be preserved.
      • The effectiveness of interventions promoting continence in reducing urinary incontinence in the female population overall has not been investigated
      • Factors contributing to continence include the integrity of the sphincter muscles, the force of bowel contraction, consistency of stools, and cognitive factors.
      • The obit also mentions his usually forgotten first marriage to a 15-year-old, and his continence elsewhere.
      • A program which establishes continence is a necessary custodial program.
      • The worst case scenario was that she might be wheelchair-bound with continence and sexual function problems.
      • Urinary continence usually improves with age, especially after puberty.
      • The aims of surgical correction of prolapse are relief of symptoms, restoration of normal vaginal anatomy, and preservation of coitus and urinary and anal continence.
      • They believed in free love, but in order to prevent conception they practiced male continence.
      • Normal continence depends on many interrelated factors, including stool volume and consistency, colonic function, rectal compliance, rectal sensation and sphincter function.
      • Issues related to sexuality and to urinary continence have become topics of more frequent discussion in the lay media and the professional literature.
      • Patients were given a choice of which treatment option they preferred and after 6 months of treatment were weaned off and evaluated for continence.
      • Several studies demonstrate that delivery with an intact perineum is associated with retained pelvic floor strength, urinary and fecal continence, and sexual satisfaction.
  • continently

  • adverb
    • These are the potty training books, in which the heroine gets a new potty, expresses doubts, gives it a whirl, succeeds, buys new big-girl underwear, and lives continently ever after.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They lived together continently for a year, and Birgitta was especially fervent in her prayers and ascetic devotions.
      • In any event, if the conditions I mention about your living continently are met then you should be able to receive absolution and then the Eucharist.

Origin

Late Middle English (in (sense 2)): from Latin continent- 'holding together, restraining oneself', from continere (see contain).

continent1

nounˈkɑnt(ə)nəntˈkänt(ə)nənt
  • 1Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).

    洲(指欧、亚、非、南北美、澳、南极洲之一),大陆

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, we know that tornadoes have occurred on all continents except Antarctica.
    • With present telecommunication links it is indeed possible to work across the continents.
    • To be competitive in the 1990s, airlines must offer services across several continents.
    • The history of the Armenian state and people spans over three thousand years and six continents.
    • You're all my very extended family spanning all continents and all time zones around the world.
    • This is due to the fact that all the continents had merged into a single landmass.
    • The flowers also tend to be very small, compared to the size of the flowers found in other landmasses and continents.
    • This steep sided sea flows like a meeting place between the two continents of Africa and Asia.
    • So, after Everest, she resolved to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.
    • The one mass of land began to break up, and the separating continents took with them living cargoes of animals.
    • The experience of war fought across two oceans and three continents turned it into a military hegemon of the first order.
    • Thousands died on the seas while they were being shipped like caged cattle between continents.
    • The Middle East and tropical Africa were the last continents that Europeans colonized.
    • A child from an extended family may be living across different continents with different cultures and laws.
    • The plan is to sail around several continents before eventually returning to Europe.
    • Australia was the last of the inhabited continents to be reached by Europeans.
    • As far as the other continents were concerned British capital was centred on the Empire.
    • It even creates news products for maritime and land mobile markets across six continents and four ocean regions.
    • Instead, tectonics has encircled the north pole with most of the great continents.
    • By the end of my second year there, I'd travelled to most continents, and my air miles account was truly bulging.
    Synonyms
    mainland
    1. 1.1also the Continent The mainland of Europe as distinct from the British Isles.
      (有别于英伦三岛的)欧洲大陆
    2. 1.2archaic A mainland contrasted with islands.
      (与岛屿相对而言的)大陆
      the maritime zone is richer in varieties of plant than the continent

      海域植物品种比大陆丰富。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They saw only the tiny volcanic islands but no massive continent as he had claimed.
      • Although it was a disaster it brought out some great characteristics of mateship and sacrifice for this little island continent of ours.
      • Soon Sasha found herself riding in Hardy's carrier under the strange stars of the island continent.
      • The island continent, Atlantis, began to tremble once more with extreme fury.
      • Their goal was to take over every island and continent and submit them to dictatorship.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting a continuous tract of land): from Latin terra continens ‘continuous land’.

continent2

adjectiveˈkɑnt(ə)nəntˈkänt(ə)nənt
  • 1Able to control movements of the bowels and bladder.

    能控制排泄的,有正常排泄节制力的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We compared the risk of urinary incontinence in the daughters of incontinent women with that in the daughters of continent women.
    • The patients in the study were losing the ability to dress themselves, bathe, use the toilet, clean themselves, and remain continent.
    • This provides a mechanism to influence the two muscle groups to work in concert for continent urine storage and release.
  • 2Exercising self-restraint, especially sexually.

    自制的,自律的;有节制的;(尤指)节制性欲的,禁欲的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They believed that the church should be made up of women and men who were sexually continent and who also abstained from wine and meat.
    • They were sexually continent all their lives.
    Synonyms
    temperate, abstinent, austere, moderate, self-disciplined, self-denying, restrained, self-restrained, non-indulgent, sober, ascetic, puritanical, spartan, strict, severe, self-abnegating, hair-shirt

Origin

Late Middle English (in continent (sense 2)): from Latin continent- ‘holding together, restraining oneself’, from continere (see contain).

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