straight (in a straight line) · continuously; always; all the way through

yī zhí

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He was always annoyed in the city by noises of one sort or another.

他在城市里一直受到噪音或者其他的干扰。

She was always quarreling with her brothers.

她一直和她的兄弟争吵。

I worked all this week.

这周我一直在工作。

The train was so crowded that we were obliged to stand all the way to Osaka.

火车很擠迫，一直駛到了大阪我们都要站着。

They climbed to the top of a cliff.

他们一直爬到悬崖顶上。

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