duration

名词 duration:

1. the period of time during which something continues
   同义词：continuance
2. the property of enduring or continuing in time
   同义词：continuance
3. continuance in time
   同义词：length

1. Let's hope the gunmen will hold off for the duration of the cease-fire.
   但愿持枪歹徒在停火期间能约束自己的行动。
2. The duration of marriage is related most obviously to the expectation of life.
   很明显，婚姻生活的持续时间与人的预期寿命有关。
3. Limited to the duration of an episode; temporary.
   短暂的仅限于一个插曲持续的时间; 短暂的
4. Well, I'm stuck here for the duration.
   哎，这段时间我只得呆在这儿了。
5. He finished the work of three years' duration.
   他用三年的时间完成了这项工作。

du.ra.tion

n.（名词）
Continuance or persistence in time.
持续，持久：时间上的连续或持续
A period of existence or persistence:
持续时期：
例句：
sat quietly through the duration of the speech.
在演讲期间安静地坐着

来源：
Middle English duracioun
中古英语 duracioun
from Old French duration
源自 古法语 duration
from Medieval Latin dôr3tiô dôr3tiôn-
源自 中世纪拉丁语 dôr3tiô dôr3tiôn-
from Latin dôr3tus [past participle of] dôr3re [to last] * see deu…-
源自 拉丁语 dôr3tus [] dôr3re的过去分词 [延续] *参见 deu…-