continue to do sth 和 continue doing sth的意思都是“持續做某事;繼續做某事;不斷做某事”,它們之間的區別如下:
以下例句均來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典(第6版)》第362面
兩者壹般情況下可以互換,在continue這個動作前後所做的是同壹件事情。例如:
The rain continued to fall all afternoon.
The rain continued falling all afternoon.
這場雨整整壹個下午都下個不停。
continue to do sth側重於指中途有所停頓或間斷;continue doing sth側重於指中途沒有間斷或中斷的時間非常短。例如:
She wanted to continue working after she was married. 她想結婚後繼續工作。(work這個動作沒有中斷)
He continued to ignore everything I was saying. 他仍對我所說的壹切置若罔聞。(ignore這個動作中途可能間斷)