continue

1. con- "together" + -tinu- + -e.
2. => keep together, uninterrupted.

continue 持续

con-, 强调。-tin, 持，握，词源同tenable, continent.

continue

continue: [14] Latin continēre in its transitive sense (with an object) meant ‘hold together, contain’, and led to English contain. However, it was also used intransitively in the sense ‘hang together’. From it was derived the adjective continuus ‘uninterrupted’ (source of English continuous [17]), which formed the basis of a new verb continuāre ‘make or be continuous’. English acquired this via Old French continuer. (The derivative continual entered English in the 14th century.)
=> contain, content, continent, countenance

continue (v.)

mid-14c., contynuen, from Old French continuer (13c.), from Latin continuare "join together, connect, make or be continuous," from continuus "uninterrupted," from continere (intransitive) "to be uninterrupted," literally "to hang together" (see contain). Related: Continued; continuing.

1. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill

成功不是终点，失败也并非末日，最重要的是继续前进的勇气。

2. I too am committing myself to continue the fight for justice.

我本人也保证将继续为正义而战。

3. The President could continue to bash Democrats as being soft on crime.

总统可能会继续抨击民主党人对待犯罪活动心慈手软。

4. It would be wrong to continue out of perversity.

为了故意作对而继续这样做是不对的。

5. The finance minister will continue to mastermind Poland's economic reform.

财政部长将继续策划波兰的经济改革。

【resume, succeed, continue, go on】
这组词都有“继续”的意思，其区别是：
resume: 指中断后的继续。
succeed: 侧重指有规律地连续。
continue: 普通用词。或指持续而不停止，或有一段中断后又继续下去。
go on: 通俗用词，多用于口语中。go on+-ing表暂停后继续做原事，即后继续的内容与原来的内容相同。go on+不定式指做完某事后，接着做不同的另一件事。

【last, continue, endure, persist】
这组词都有“持续”的意思，其区别是：
last: 着重存在的时间相当长，超过正常的或所期望的时间。
continue: 多指过程，强调持续而无终止，常含不间断之意。
endure: 与last同义，但还指经受住，有能耐忍受而并不受损。
persist: 强调超过了指定的或正常的时间。