释义 |
disconˈtinuing, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the verb discontinue; cessation, interruption.
1611Cotgr., Discontinuation, a discontinuation, or discontinuing. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. lvii. (1663) 224 All these pilgrims, which..are all the year long without discontinuing. a1715Burnet Own Times (R.), There were so many discontinuings, and so many new undertakings. |