英语词汇“duration”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Duration is how long something lasts, from beginning to end. A duration might be long, such as the duration of a lecture series, or short, as the duration of a party.

The noun duration has come to mean the length of time one thing takes to be completed. The duration of something might be known or not — in past times, the unknown length of time the current war would last was called "the duration. "Musical notes, such as whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes, have different set durations, or lengths of time for which they are held. These varying durations, when put together, create the rhythm of the music.

WORD FAMILY

duration: durations

USAGE EXAMPLES

The expectation is that his upcoming Las Vegas New Year’s Eve show will tend toward the more epic end of performance duration.

The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016)

Roof represented himself for a week during jury selection before asking for his attorneys back for the duration of the trial's guilt phase.

Reuters(Dec 28, 2016)

“United States Secret Service will be Present for the Duration of the Experience,” warns the auction site.

Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016)

1n the period of time during which something continues

Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper

continuance

Regency

the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity

clocking

the time taken to traverse a measured course

longueur

a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art)

residence time

the period of time spent in a particular place

span

the complete duration of something

stint, stretch

an unbroken period of time during which you do something

time scale

an arrangement of events used as a measure of duration

note value, time value, value

(music) the relative duration of a musical note

rule

the duration of a monarch's or government's power

attention span

the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity

extended time scale, slow time scale

(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one

fast time scale

(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one

regency

the period of time during which a regent governs

period, period of time, time period

an amount of time

2n the property of enduring or continuing in time

Syn|Hyper

continuance

time

the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

3n continuance in time

the ceremony was of short duration

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

length

longness

duration as an extension

continuation, lengthiness, prolongation, protraction

the consequence of being lengthened in duration

endlessness

the property of being (or seeming to be) without end

shortness

the property of being of short temporal extent

brevity, briefness, transience

the attribute of being brief or fleeting

permanence, permanency

the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration

impermanence, impermanency

the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations

length of service, longevity

duration of service

fermata

(music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest

ceaselessness, continuousness, incessancy, incessantness

the quality of something that continues without end or interruption

perpetuity, sempiternity

the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)

durability, enduringness, lastingness, strength

permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force

imperishability, imperishableness, imperishingness

the property of being resistant to decay

perdurability

the property of being extremely durable

temporariness

the property of lasting only a short time

transience, transiency, transitoriness

an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying

mortality

the quality or state of being mortal

immortality

the quality or state of being immortal

curtailment

the temporal property of being cut short

briefness

the temporal property of being very short

temporal property

a property relating to time

单词	duration
释义	duration (once / 661 pages) n Duration is how long something lasts, from beginning to end. A duration might be long, such as the duration of a lecture series, or short, as the duration of a party. The noun duration has come to mean the length of time one thing takes to be completed. The duration of something might be known or not — in past times, the unknown length of time the current war would last was called "the duration. "Musical notes, such as whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes, have different set durations, or lengths of time for which they are held. These varying durations, when put together, create the rhythm of the music. WORD FAMILY duration: durations USAGE EXAMPLES The expectation is that his upcoming Las Vegas New Year’s Eve show will tend toward the more epic end of performance duration. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Roof represented himself for a week during jury selection before asking for his attorneys back for the duration of the trial's guilt phase. Reuters(Dec 28, 2016) “United States Secret Service will be Present for the Duration of the Experience,” warns the auction site. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1n the period of time during which something continues Syn\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper continuance Regency the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity clocking the time taken to traverse a measured course longueur a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art) residence time the period of time spent in a particular place span the complete duration of something stint, stretch an unbroken period of time during which you do something time scale an arrangement of events used as a measure of duration note value, time value, value (music) the relative duration of a musical note rule the duration of a monarch's or government's power attention span the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity extended time scale, slow time scale (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one fast time scale (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one regency the period of time during which a regent governs period, period of time, time period an amount of time 2n the property of enduring or continuing in time Syn\|Hyper continuance time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past 3n continuance in time the ceremony was of short duration Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper length longness duration as an extension continuation, lengthiness, prolongation, protraction the consequence of being lengthened in duration endlessness the property of being (or seeming to be) without end shortness the property of being of short temporal extent brevity, briefness, transience the attribute of being brief or fleeting permanence, permanency the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration impermanence, impermanency the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations length of service, longevity duration of service fermata (music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest ceaselessness, continuousness, incessancy, incessantness the quality of something that continues without end or interruption perpetuity, sempiternity the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) durability, enduringness, lastingness, strength permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force imperishability, imperishableness, imperishingness the property of being resistant to decay perdurability the property of being extremely durable temporariness the property of lasting only a short time transience, transiency, transitoriness an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying mortality the quality or state of being mortal immortality the quality or state of being immortal curtailment the temporal property of being cut short briefness the temporal property of being very short temporal property a property relating to time
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