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期間: period vs. duration #67

Open LPenny-github opened 3 years ago

LPenny-github commented 3 years ago

如題,單純好奇 😅 <--某日靈光一閃,發現自己分不出來 謝謝 orz

同時我也在網路上發現有趣的題目: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/diffrences-between-period-and-duration.1703198/

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網友解說:(英文力不足看懂 orz)

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劍橋字典:

period

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/%E8%A9%9E%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E-%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E-%E7%B9%81%E9%AB%94/period

a length of time 一段時間,時期 in school, a division of time in the day when a subject is taught 課時,學時,一節(課 a fixed time during the life of a person or in history 人一生中或歷史上的)時期;階段

duration

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/%E8%A9%9E%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E-%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E-%E7%B9%81%E9%AB%94/duration

the length of time that something lasts 持續時間

adks3489 commented 3 years ago

我的理解是period比較強調起訖,duration偏重於長度

Aqzhyi commented 3 years ago

css 中的 animation-duration: 1s; 代表持續 1 秒

LPenny-github commented 3 years ago

感謝兩位大大 orz