serve as a continuative
用于说明某个词或结构在语法上起持续体作用，常见于语言学讨论。
In this dialect, the particle serves as a continuative.
在这种方言里，这个助词充当持续体。
导致延续的事物。；持续体(语言学术语)。
Something that causes a continuation; a durative (a grammatical form expressing duration).
导致延续的事物。
Something that causes a continuation.
持续体(语言学术语)。
A durative.
In the sentence 'I like tea and coffee,' the word 'and' functions as a continuative.
在句子'I like tea and coffee'中，单词'and'充当连接词。
用法提示：continuative在此句中为名词，表示连接词。
Linguists classify 'but' as a continuative that indicates contrast.
语言学家将'but'归类为表示对比的连接词。
用法提示：continuative作为名词，指代表示对比的连接词。
Understanding the role of continuatives helps learners connect ideas smoothly.
理解连接词的作用有助于学习者顺畅地连接思路。
用法提示：continuatives为复数形式，作为名词泛指连接词。
用于说明某个词或结构在语法上起持续体作用，常见于语言学讨论。
In this dialect, the particle serves as a continuative.
在这种方言里，这个助词充当持续体。
复数形式 continuatives 也常见，指语言中具有持续意义的成分。
Speakers attach a continuative to the verb to show that the action is still going on.
说话者会在动词上附加持续体成分，表示动作仍在进行。
用于表示某事物促使另一事物延续下去，偏向一般义而非语言学义。
The new funding acted as a continuative for the stalled project.
这笔新资金对停滞的项目起到了延续作用。
grammar · medium
易错句子Continuative is a linguistic term for a durative.
正确表达The continuative is a linguistic term for a durative.
continuative 作可数名词，指“持续体”这一语法范畴；英语中单数可数名词前必须有冠词，而汉语无冠词，中国学习者常漏掉。因此要在句首补上定冠词 the，表示特指这一术语。
grammar · medium
易错句子These suffixes act as continuativies.
正确表达These suffixes act as continuatives.
continuative 的复数直接在词尾加 -s，即 continuatives。学习者受 activity、productivity 等 -ity 名词的影响，误把 -ive 当成 -ivity 来变复数，写出不存在的 continuativies。
grammar · medium
易错句子The continuative of the story bored everyone.
正确表达The continuation of the story bored everyone.
表示“（故事、事件）继续、接续的部分”应使用名词 continuation；continuative 指“导致延续的事物”或语言学中的“持续体”，不表示“续篇、后续”。二者词根相近但意义不同，不能互换。
continuative 是名词，指语法上的“持续体”或使之延续的事物；continuous 是形容词，描述动作或状态在时间上不中断。作定语或表语描述“连续不断”时用 continuous，指语法体范畴时用 continuative。
continuation 指“继续、延续”这一行为或接续的部分，如 the continuation of the story；continuative 指语法上的持续体或使之延续的事物，二者不可互换。
durative 与 continuative 在语言学中都可译作“持续体”，但 durative 多指动作持续这一体意义，常作形容词；continuative 更常指表示延续、衔接的体标记或成分。指具体标记或“使之延续的事物”时用 continuative。
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