英语释义

• having control over urination and defecation

• abstaining from sexual intercourse;

  "celibate priests"

• one of the large landmasses of the earth;

  "there are seven continents"

  "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"

片语

continent shift大陆的轮换

dark continent非洲

BENTLEY CONTINENT宾利欧陆

le continent大陆报

New Continent新大洲

antarctic continent南极大陆；南极洲

Cimmerian continent里大陆

Tiger continent老虎洲

Mu Continent穆大陆

white continent白色大陆

英汉例句

• he wanted to leave the entire continent far behind, for europe or america, where life was rumored to be better.

  他必须完全离开这个大陆，远远离开，去欧洲或者美国，据谣传那里生活能好一点。

• but many africans believe large families are a form of insurance on continent where one in every six children dies before the age of five, according to unicef.

  然而，许多非洲人认为，大家庭是这个大陆的一种保险形式。据联合国儿童基金会说，那里六分之一五岁以下的孩子夭折。

• he traversed alone the whole continent of africa from east to west.

  他独自一人从东到西横越整个非洲大陆。

• in my reading i kept coming back to william james brother of henry journeying across the european continent in 1867 his despair at feeling a failure the pull of ending it all.

  就我读过的书中，我很喜欢威廉·詹姆斯（亨利·詹姆斯的弟弟）1867年穿越欧洲大陆的游记，他失败时感觉到的绝望以及从死亡边缘挽救回来。

• i think this may be an extraordinary moment in history where africa can become a continent of hope and the bank can play a role in that.

  他说："我认为，这可能是历史上一个不同寻常的时刻，使非洲成为一个希望的大陆，世行可以在这方面发挥作用。

• i live on the continent of australia and on neighboring islands.

  我住在澳大利亚大陆和与其接壤的岛上。

• light pollution exists on every continent except antarctica.

  除南极洲外，各大洲均存在光污染。

• africa is maybe the most beautiful continent in the world.

  非洲可能是这个世界上最美丽的大陆了。

• play has begun at the 2010 world cup -- the first ever world cup to be held on the continent of africa.

  2010年世界杯的比赛已经拉开战幕。这是非洲大陆有史以来第一次举办世界杯足球赛。

• he traversed alone the whole continent of africa from east to west.

  他只身长途跋涉，从东向西横穿整个非洲大陆。

• furthermore, the united states simply does not have the resources or the wherewithal to police a continent as vast and troubled as africa; nor do its european allies.

  此外，美国现在根本没有资源和资金来为一个像非洲这么大和复杂的大陆充当警察。欧洲的盟友们也不可能做到这一点。

• they all hope for better education, for better jobs, for the ability to know the wonderful continent of europe on which they live and the rest of the world.

  他们都希望得到更好的教育，更好的工作，能够了解他们所生活的这个美好的欧洲大陆和世界其他地区。

• we must not allow africa to become the continent left behind by development.

  我们决不能让非洲成为被发展抛在后面的大陆。

相反词

incontinentad 立即，即刻

island岛；岛屿；安全岛；岛状物

isle(Isle)人名；(英)艾尔