| 单词 | discontinuous |
| 释义 | discontinuous (once / 12198 pages) adj WORD FAMILY discontinuous: discontinuity, discontinuously+/continuity: continuities/continuous: continuity, continuously, continuousness, discontinuous, noncontinuous/continuum: continua, continuous/discontinuity: discontinuities USAGE EXAMPLESIt is always uneven, discontinuous, reversible, contradictory, producing winners and losers, no force of nature but manmade.” The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Their neural-translation project, he continued, represented a “step function forward” — that is, a discontinuous advance, a vertical leap rather than a smooth curve. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) So Garner’s reminiscence breaks into short, discontinuous sections, as she appraises, from different angles, the unassertive enigma that was her mother. The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2016) 1adj not continuing without interruption in time or space discontinuous applause the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling Syn|Ant noncontinuous broken not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly sporadicrecurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances disruptedmarked by breaks or gaps disjunctused of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations continuous, uninterrupted continuing in time or space without interruption unbrokenmarked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence around-the-clock, day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clockat all times ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremittinguninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing continual`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption) dogging, persistingrelentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit endlesshaving the ends united so as to form a continuous whole free burning, sustained(of an electric arc) continuous consecutive, straightsuccessive (without a break) sustainedmaintained at length without interruption or weakening 2adj of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities Ant continuous of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity |
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