ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONTINUITY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤greater更大的連續性▸➤remarkable異乎尋常的連貫性▸➤unbroken不間斷的連續◇After centuries of unbroken continuity, the landscape was being changed out of all recognition.經過幾個世紀的不斷變遷,這裏的地貌已是滄海桑田。➤cultural, historical, narrative文化的/歷史的/敍述的連續性VERB + CONTINUITY➤ensure, establish, give sb/sth, maintain, provide (sb/sth with)確保連貫;形成連續性;使⋯連貫;保持連續;(為⋯)帶來連續性◇More liaison between the old manager and the new one should ensure greater continuity.前任和新任經理間的更多交流應該能夠確保管理上更加連續。➤emphasize, stress強調連續性◇She is anxious to stress the continuity with the past in this new work.她急於在這部新作中強調與過去的連續性。➤need需要連貫性▸➤lack缺乏連貫性▸➤break打破連貫◇The author deliberately breaks the narrative continuity in order to confound the reader's expectations.作者故意打破敍述的連貫性,以製造出乎讀者意料的效果。PREPOSITION➤continuity between⋯之間的連續性◇There is often a lack of continuity between one government and the next.一屆政府與下一屆之間往往缺少連續性。➤continuity in在⋯方面的連續性◇historical continuity in the feminist movement女權運動的歷史連續性➤continuity of⋯的連續性◇To ensure continuity of care, it is better for a single doctor to treat the patient.為確保治療的連續性,最好是讓一位醫生單獨來治療這位病人。PHRASES➤a lack of continuity, a need for continuity缺乏連續性;對連續性的需要◇the need for continuity of employment持續就業的需要➤a sense of continuity持續感◇We aim to give children a sense of continuity.我們的目的是給孩子一種持續感。