您所述的问题,实质上是continual与continued二者含义的比较:
continual反复的,频繁的(强调一个动作在某个时期反复出现)
continued和continuing可以互换,都表示“连续不断的”“继续不变的”.
如果表示持续不断地努力,用makecontinuedefforts更为恰当一些,也可以换成continuing.但是continual真的不多见.
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