Contiguous vs. Continuous vs. Consecutive : 都有連續的意思,到底有何差別?
Contiguous,Continuous和Consecutive是三個和連續有關的相似英文單字,但它們具有不同的含義。
Contiguous的意思是“相鄰的、毗鄰或相接觸的,如這兩個州相毗鄰;Continuous的意思是“沒有中斷或斷裂的”,如雨連續下了三天;而Consecutive的意思是“依序跟隨沒有間隔的”,如她連續三年贏得了冠軍。
Contiguous
Contiguous指的是彼此相接觸、毗鄰或相接觸的事物,可以是物理上的或是關係或位置上的,和adjacent的意義相同。例如,
◉ The United States is made up of 48 contiguous states.
美國由48個相鄰的州組成。
◉ The two buildings were contiguous, sharing a common wall.
這兩座建築物是相鄰的,相隔一面牆。
◉ The national park consists of contiguous forests and lakes.
國家公園由相鄰的森林和湖泊組成。
Continuous
Continuous指的是時間、順序或範圍上沒有中斷或斷裂的事物。例如,
◉ The rain fell continuously for three days.
雨連續下了三天。
◉ She has been studying continuously for six hours.
她已經連續學習了六個小時。
◉ The company strives for continuous improvement in its products.
公司致力於產品的持續改進。
Consecutive
Consecutive指的是沒有中斷或間隔地依序跟隨的事物,通常用於描述一系列連續的值,這些值彼此之間沒有間隔。例如,連續的數字是按順序的整數,沒有任何跳過的數字。
例如,
◉ She won the championship for three consecutive years.
她已經連續三年贏得了冠軍
◉The team has lost five consecutive games this season.
該隊本季度已經連續輸了五場比賽。
◉I worked late for four consecutive nights last week.
上週我已經連續工作了四個晚上。
◉Next week, we have a consecutive 3-day national holiday.
下週我們有連續三天的國定假期
在計算機中,contiguous通常用於指內存分配(memory allocation)。Contiguous memory allocation(連續內存)是一塊內存,其中所有位元組都一個接一個,沒有任何間隙或未使用的空間。這對於優化內存訪問和提高性能非常重要。For example, an array of integers that is stored in contiguous memory can be accessed much more efficiently than an array that is not contiguous.
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