[djuə'reiʃən]
duration
n. 持续,持久

例句与用法:

  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。

英英解释:

名词 duration:

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