the time during which something continues 持续时间,期间 bicycle hire for the duration of your holiday. 供你假日期间租用的自行车。 a flight of over eight hours' duration. 持续八个多小时的飞行。
常用词组 for the duration
until the end of something, especially a war 直到结束(尤指直至战争结束)
(informal)for a very long time (非正式)长期地 some stains may be there for the duration. 一些污迹可能长期地留在那里。
派生 durational adjective 语源
late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin duratio(n-), from durare 'to last', from durus 'hard'