Finite-duration sequence

finite ['fainait]

adj. 有限的;[语]限定的;[数]有穷的，有限的; n. 有限性;有限的事物;

duration [du'reʃən]

n. 持续，持续的时间，期间;（时间的）持续，持久，连续;[语音学]音长，音延;

dur持久，坚硬+ation名词后缀，表状态 → 持久的状态 → 持续时间

sequence ['si:kwəns]

n. [数]数列，序列;顺序;连续;片断插曲; vt. 使按顺序排列，安排顺序;[生化]确定…的顺序，确定…的化学结构序列;

If you don't finish your homework, you'll be in big, big trouble.

如果你不完成作业，你就有大麻烦了。

We must listen carefully to the teacher.

我们必须注意听老师说的话。

We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo's spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;

如果我们回想一下伽利略之前几个世纪期间，曲面镜一直是一种用于产生幻影而不是产生真象的把戏装置，那么我们就会原谅那些当时把伽利略观察到的木星卫生说成是伽利略用他的小望远镜变出来的人们，