duration的意思

duration

英 [djʊ'reɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [du'reʃən]

近義詞	period 、 time 、 term

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複數: durations;

duration (n.): late 14c., from Old French duration, from Medievals Latin durationem (nominative duratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin durare "harden" (see endure). Old legalese phrase for the duration popularized 1916 in reference to British enlistments in World War I.

1. His wounds knocked him out of combat for the duration.: 他的傷病使他在整個期間都無法參賽。

2. The school was used as a hospital for the duration of the war.: 戰爭期間這所學校被用作醫院。

3. The principal issues in dispute concern the duration of the future treaty.: 有爭議的主要問題牽涉到將來條約的期限.