continuum

continuum

英 [kən'tɪnjʊəm]
　　美 [kən'tɪnjuəm]

n. [數] 連續統；[經] 連續統一體；閉聯集

中文詞源：

continuum 連續體

來自continue, 持續，連續。

例句：

1. These various complaints are part of a continuum of ill-health.
這些各種各樣的疾病、不適都是身體健康狀況欠佳的一種表現。

2. It is at one end of the cost continuum.
這位於成本序列的一端。

3. You cannot separate one part of history from the continuum.
不能割斷歷史.

4. The medical professional bodies reply that development from fertilisation onwards is a continuum.
專業醫療機構答復說受精以後的發育是連續的。

5. We realize that they are all fused in an undifferentiated continuum.
我們發現它們在一個無差別的連續統中溶合。