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continue to do sth和continue doing sth有什麽區別呢?

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)