continue的用法与搭配

continue的用法与搭配
1. 表示继续做某事，其后既可接动名词也可接不定式，且意义相同。

如：
They continued to meet [meeting] daily. 他们继续每天都见面。

He continued to write [writing] while in hospital. 他住院时他继续写作。

Prices continued to fall during April.价格在4月份继续下跌。

We continued talking till late.我们一直谈到很晚的时候。

2. 表示继续维持某一情况时，其后可直接跟名词作宾语，也可先接介词with 再接宾语。

如：We will continue (with) the payments for another year. 我们这样的报酬还要维持1年。

We'll continue with our work.我们要继续做。

She did not continue with her explanation.她没有继续解释下去。

He continued with his reading as if nothing important had happened.他若无其事地又继续看他的书。

Please continue with what you were doing before I came in.请继续做我进来前你们所做的事。

3. 按传统语法，表示中断以后再继续，其后通常只能是story, speech, journey, strike 这样的名词，而不能接不定式或动名词，但现代英语已打破此规则。

如：
We continued working [to work] after the break. 休息后我们继续工作。

4. 由于可用于及物或不及物动词，所以有时用主动语态和被动语态意思差不多。

如：
The story continues [is continued] in the next issue of the magazine. 这个故事在该杂志的下一期里继续刊载。

5.比较 continue doing sth 与 continue by doing sth：前者表示“继续做某事”，后者表示“接着做某事”。

如：
He continued reading (=to read) all night. 他通宵在看书。

He talked about Keats, and continued by reading us a poem. 他谈了济慈，接着给我们朗诵了一首诗。

6. continued on page 15与continued from page 15 所用介词不同，意思也不同：前者指“下续第15页”，后者指“上接第15页”。

7.可用作连系动词，其后可接形容词、介词短语等。

如：
We hope the weather will continue fine. 我们希望天气继续很好。

Mother continues in weak health. 母亲身体仍然很虚弱。