continuance

名词 continuance:

1. the act of continuing an activity without interruption
   同义词：continuation
2. the period of time during which something continues
   同义词：duration
3. the property of enduring or continuing in time
   同义词：duration

1. The act or condition of abiding; continuance.
   持续持久的行为或情况; 持续
2. Continuance of the war will mean shortage of the food.
   战争的持续意味着食品短缺。

con.tin.u.ance

n.（名词）
The act or fact of continuing.
继续：持续的行为或事例
The time during which something exists or lasts; duration.
持续时间：事物存在或持续的时间；持续时间
A continuation or sequel.
连续或继续
Law Postponement or adjournment to a future date.
【法律】 延期或休会至将来某一日期

Continuance is interchangeable with continuation in some of its senses. However, onlycontinuance is used to refer to the duration of a state or condition, as inhis continuance in office. Continuation applies especially to prolongation or resumption of action (
Continuance 在某些含义上可与 continuation 互换。 然而，只有continuance 可以用来指某种状态或情况的持续时间， 如他的任期。 Continuation 特别适用于行动的延期或重新开始（
例句：
a continuation of the meeting)
会议的推迟）

or to physical extension (
或者是物理上的延伸（
例句：
the continuation of the street).
街道的延伸）。

Thecontinuation of a story is that part of the story following a break in its narration.
若说一个故事的continuation ，是指在一个叙事停顿之后所继续的那部分