区别辨析 continual, continuous, continually 与 continuously

 (1) continual 和 continuous这两个词在意思上有细微区别。continual通常用于频繁、重复的动作,且常用来表达令人讨厌的动作,可以有停顿。而continuous常用来表达不停顿的动作。

  • I can't work with all these continual interruptions!
    老是有这么些干扰,我无法工作!
  • She was tired of continual trips to hospital, the market and office.
    她对于不停地在医院、市场和办公室之间跑来跑去感到厌倦了。
  • There was continuous fighting on the frontier all day yesterday.
    昨天一整天,边境上进行着连续不断的战斗。
  • The continuous work made me completely exhausted.
    连续的工作使我疲惫不堪。

 (2) continually 和continuously为副词,两者的差别与它们的形容词相同。前者意为“老是,不断地”,含有“重复、有间歇”的意味;后者意为“持续不断”。

  • The river flows continuously along the border between Russia and China.
    这条河沿中俄边界不断奔流。
  • You should stir the water continually throughout the experiment.
    整个实验期间,你要不断地搅动水。