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adj.大陆的,大陆性的 n.欧洲人

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副词:continentally 名词:continentalism

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tain,ten,tin=to hold,to keep(安静)

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continental


/,kɒntɪ'nentl; ,kɑntə`nɛntl/
adj
1 belonging to or typical of a continent 大陆的; 大陆性的
*a ,continental `climate 大陆性气候.
2 (also Continental) (Brit) of the mainland of Europe 欧洲大陆的
*,continental `wars, al`liances, etc 欧洲大陆的战争、联盟等
* a continental holiday 在欧洲大陆的假日.

n (Brit often derog 常作贬义) inhabitant of the mainland of Europe (欧洲)大陆人.

continental


adj
a) the continental United States
all the states of the US except Alaska and Hawaii
b) continental Europe/Asia etc
all the countries of Europe, Asia etc that are not on islands
relating to a large mass of land
 the warming-up of continental interiors
typical of the warmer countries in Western Europe
 a continental-style café
BrE old-fashioned belonging to or in the European continent, not including Britain
 continental holidays
1. The weather in Siberia is typically continental.
    西伯利亚的气候是典型的大陆性气候.

2. The climate here is typically continental.
    这里是典型的大陆性气候。

3. This continental slope usually starts at a place somewhere near the 100-fathom mark and in the course of a few hundred miles reaches the true ocean floor at 2,500-3,500 fathoms.
    大陆架慢坡一般是从差不多100英寻水深的地方开始的,一直延伸到几百英里远深达2,500至3,500的地方,那里才是真正的海底。

4. The opinion does not survive experience of a popular Continental camping place.
    但这种说法在受人欢迎的欧洲露营地是站不住脚的。

5. The EU----following fine continental traditions----wants agreement on general principles, which could be applied to many types of products and perhaps extended to other countries.
    欧洲人遵循优良的大陆传统,则希望就普遍的原则取得一致,而这些原则适用于许多不同产品,同时可能延伸到其它国家。

6. And near its lower reaches there is a long tailing-off which is almost certainly the result of material transported out to deep water after being eroded from the continental masses.
    在这个地带的低处是很长的一段尾沙地段,基本上可以断定这个地段是大陆块体上侵蚀下来的物质被水冲到深水处形成的。

7. From the shore line, out to a distance which may be anywhere from a few miles to a few hundred miles, runs the gentle slope of the continental shelf, geologically part of the continents.
    从海岸线向大海延伸几英里到几百英里的区域是大陆架慢坡,从地质学上来说,它是大陆的一部分。

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