As the tectonic plates shift, the mountain range continues to rise at a rate of a few millimeters each year.
随着板块移动，山脉以每年几毫米的速度继续上升。
Which choice best defines “continues”?
A — To keep happening or doing something without stopping. “continues” means to keep happening or doing something without stopping.
Which word means “to keep happening or doing something without stopping”?
B — continues. “continues” means to keep happening or doing something without stopping.
continues — to keep happening or doing something without stopping. In Chinese: 继续.
continues is pronounced /kənˈtɪnjuːz/.
As the tectonic plates shift, the mountain range continues to rise at a rate of a few millimeters each year. (随着板块移动，山脉以每年几毫米的速度继续上升。)
persists, endures, carries on — all close in meaning to continues (to keep happening or doing something without stopping).
stops, ceases — each the opposite of continues (to keep happening or doing something without stopping).
Yes. continues is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.