continually ⇒ 汽车不断减价。 Qìchē bùduàn jiǎnjià. → Cars are continually coming down in price. ⇒ 沙漠不断扩大。 Shāmò bùduàn kuòdà. → The desert is expanding all the time. ⇒ 人们的生活水平不断提高。 Rénmen de shēnghuó shuǐpíng bùduàn tígāo. → The quality of people's lives goes on getting better.

arbitrary

break ... off ( pt broke ) , pp broken

arbitrate

make a decision

judge

monopolize

( 切断 ) cut ... off ( pt , pp cut )

deduce

( 指国家 ) sever diplomatic relations ⇒ 断交3年后,两国又重建外交关系。 Duànjiāo sān nián hòu, liǎng guó yòu chóng jiàn wàijiāo guānxì. → Three years after severing diplomatic relations, the two countries re-established their ties.

( 无后代 ) be childless

determine

( 指地质 ) fault

settle a lawsuit

be sold out

resolute

break ... off ( pt broke ) , pp broken ⇒ 断绝往来 duànjué wǎnglái → break contact

assert

forfeit ⇒ 断送前程 duànsòng qiánchéng → forfeit one's future

resolute

be arbitrary

( 零碎 ) fragment

make assumptions

thesis ( pl theses )

diagnose ⇒ 医生把他的这种症状诊断为胃溃疡。 Yīshēng bǎ tā de zhè zhǒng zhèngzhuàng zhěnduàn wéi wèikuìyáng. → The doctor diagnosed his symptoms as a gastric ulcer.

interrupt ⇒ 大雨一夜没有间断。 Dàyǔ yīyè méiyǒu jiànduàn. → The rain didn't let up all night.

dynastic history

on and off ⇒ 这本小说他断断续续地写了3年。 Zhè běn xiǎoshuō tā duànduànxùxù de xiěle sān nián. → He wrote the novel on and off for three years.

shrewd

make an on-the-spot decision

quote out of context ⇒ 他断章取义,曲解我的本意。 Tā duàn zhāng qǔ yì, qūjiě wǒ de běnyì. → He quoted me out of context and quite distorted my original meaning.

act autocratically

separated but still together in spirit