continued
続き
解説 Definition
続いている、継続したという意味です。continued は continue（続く、続ける）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞として物事が止まらず続いている状態を表します。
Persisting or being maintained over a period of time without ending at the point under discussion. The adjective often describes ongoing support, effort, growth, rain, or other activity whose duration matters.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 continue の語末 e を残したまま -d を付ける過去形・過去分詞で、-ed は /d/ と発音する。形容詞では「中断せず続く」。continued help、efforts、rain のように、一定期間保たれる支援・努力・状態と結び付ける。continuous は切れ目のなさ自体をより強く表す点も区別する。
Continued is the past tense and past participle of continue. Because continue already ends in e, only -d is added, and the ending is pronounced /d/. As an adjective, it means that something keeps going or remains available over time. Learn it through combinations such as continued help, continued efforts, continued growth, and continued rain. These phrases focus on persistence beyond an earlier point. Compare continuous, which more strongly suggests an unbroken sequence with no gaps; continued may simply mean that an activity or condition carries on, even when its exact pattern is not being emphasized.
例文
We need continued help.
私たちは継続した助けが必要です。
The team made continued efforts.
そのチームは努力を続けました。
Continued rain closed the park.
雨が続いたため、公園は閉まりました。
continued の類義語・関連語
continued の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 continuāre（途切れずつなげる）から。con-（共に）+ tenēre（保つ）の派生語 continuus（連続した）が語根。「一緒に保ち続ける」→「中断せず続く」の意。関連語：contain（中に保つ）、continue。過去分詞 continued で「継続中の」という形容詞に。
Continued is formed from continue with the past-participle ending -d. Continue entered English through French from Latin continuare, “to join together or carry on,” based on continuus, “uninterrupted or connected.” That Latin adjective is related to continere, built from con-, “together,” and tenere, “to hold.” The resulting image is of things being held together in sequence. English uses the participle continued adjectivally for support, effort, conditions, or actions that persist over time.
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