First, alkanes are always named based on the longest possible continuous chain in their structure.

首先，烷烃总是根据其结构中最长的连续链命名。

To the east of these frontier cities is a nearly continuous chain of lights all the way to the Atlantic Ocean and the Eastern Seaboard.

在这些边境城市的东边，是一条几乎连续不断的灯光链，一直延伸到大西洋和东海岸。

The jungle hammock breathed. Life went through the moss-hung forest, the swamp, the cypresses, through the wild sow and her young, through me, in its continuous chain. We were all one with the silent pulsing.

丛林吊床呼吸。生命穿过长满苔藓的森林、沼泽、柏树，穿过野母猪和她的幼崽，穿过我，在它连绵不绝的链条中。我们都与无声的脉动融为一体。

Broad on both bows, at the distance of some two or three miles, and forming a great semicircle, embracing one half of the level horizon, a continuous chain of whale-jets were up-playing and sparkling in the noon-day air.

在船头两侧两三英里的地方，出现了一个巨大的半圆，环抱着半个水平面。原来是一连串连续不断的喷水，在正午的空中飞舞闪耀。