to last

• 持续赤字

  be continuously in the red

• 持续萧条

  continuous depression

• 持续危机

  continuous crises

• 持续发展

  continuous development

• 工业生产持续上升。

  Industrial production continues to rise.

• 我国的国民经济正在持续地、健康地向前发展。

  The national economy is growing continuously and healthily.

• 炎热与干旱持续三周多。

  The heatwave and drought continued for over three weeks.

• 持续的干旱造成粮食大幅度减产。

  Continuous drought caused grain production to fall drastically.

• 两国经济和文化的交流已经持续了一千多年。

  There has been continuous economic and cultural exchange between the two countries for over a thousand years.