It is impossible to say at what point along the continuum a dialect becomes a separate language.
要说出同一语言的方言差异到什么程度才成为另一种语言是不可能的。
1.【哲】连续(统一体);【数】连续统,闭联[连续]集;【物】连续区
1.a series of events, changes, features, etc. that all have a particular quality to different degrees
1.But children who are older can still have some problems and I'll talk a little bit about how that falls on a continuum in just a minute.
但是，年纪较大的孩子仍然存在着一些问题，并且我会很快谈到这是如何连续下降的。
2.These ratios preserved their sense and value whatever opinion one might have about the composition of a continuum.
不管人们对于连续统有什么见解，这些比均保持它们的意义和值。
3.Greene talks a little about discrete vs. continuum models of space-time, and about how much computing power is really needed.
Greenes谈到一点关于时空模型的离散性对比连续性以及到底需要多大计算能力的问题。
4.As you are born into these physical bodies, you experience the vibrational continuum of the generations that have come before you.
当你们出生进入你这些物质肉体中时，你经历着那些在你之前来到的几代人的振动连续。
5.Star Trek fans will protest that the power of Q comes from the Q Continuum but I'll ask them to go with me on this one.
（《星际迷航》的拥护者们主张Q的力量源于Q连续体，请这些人在这里采纳我的意见）。
6."Bound" or "free" are not a very useful description since it is an attempt to classify a continuum in terms of discrete states.
“结合”或“自由”并不是十分有效的描述词语，因为它是试图从断续态的角度对连续性说法的归类。
7.To summarize, here are a few of your choices along the continuum from most rich (and verbose) to less rich, but simpler.
总之，选择的范围非常广，从最丰富也最复杂的，到没那么丰富更为简单的。
8.To move down the continuum from generic Web page toward mobile-friendly, the Web application can be modified in a few areas.
要想使Web页面从一般的页面变成支持移动设备的页面，Web应用程序可以在几个方面进行修改。
9.And I tell you this because I think it's really important to see that there's a continuum.
我告诉你们这个是因为我觉得看着女性故事延续下去是一件非常重要的事。
10.As you examine each aspect here, you get general guidance as to the tendencies toward each end of the granularity continuum.
本文在分析其中的每个方面时，将提供倾向于粒度连续体两端的总体指南。