Duration

(noun.) continuance in time; 'the ceremony was of short duration'; 'he complained about the length of time required'.

(noun.) the property of enduring or continuing in time.

(noun.) the period of time during which something continues.

整理:泰丝

• At length, Mr Boffin entreated to be allowed a quarter of an hour's grace, and a cooling walk of that duration in the yard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She is happy then, said her father drily; and her residence there will probably be of some duration. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Another pause therefore of many minutes' duration, succeeded this speech, and Lucy was still the first to end it. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• This condition of affairs, however, was of but short duration. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The long duration of his malady has probably erased from his mind all vestige of her; and it were well that it should never again be imprinted. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• After a single combat of some duration they returned, and I saw, to my joy, both in Mrs. Crupp's countenance and in my aunt's, that the deed was done. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• As he stood thus, with his brother on the other side, he fell into a heavy doze, of not a minute's duration, and awoke with a start. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Such a line would be long or short, according to the duration of the electric impulse. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Still, the average duration of human life is proved to have increased of late years. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• An interval of some duration elapsed, in which there was no bid for Mrs General. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The duration of each lesson was measured by the clock, which at last struck twelve. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The fourth limitation is derived from the inconstancy of the cause of these passions, and from the short duration of its connexion with ourselves. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• No foreign war, of great expense or duration, could conveniently be carried on by the exportation of the rude produce of the soil. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Albert Malvoisin, alarmed and impatient at the duration of their conference, now advanced to interrupt it. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The duration of the heating varies with the thickness of the rubber sheet. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Generally speaking we do not suppose them specifically different; but only attribute to them different relations, connections and durations. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• To produce all the requisite signals with a single pith-ball electrometer, it was necessary to vary the durations of each divergence, and to combine several to form a single symbol. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.

整理:薇尔玛