1.持续时间the length of time that sth lasts or is able to continue
I worked with him over a span of six years.我和他共事达六年之久。
The project must be completed within a specific time span .这项工程必须在规定期限内完成。
Small children have a short attention span .幼儿注意力持续时间短。
2.~ (of sth)范围；包括的种类a range or variety of sth
Managers have a wide span of control.经理的职权范围很大。
These forests cover a broad span of latitudes.这些森林绵延在多个纬度上。
3.（桥或拱的）跨径，跨度，跨距the part of a bridge or an arch between one vertical support and another
The bridge crosses the river in a single span.河上的桥为单跨桥。
4.宽度；翼展the width of sth from one side to the other
The kite has a span of 1.5 metres.风筝宽 1.5 米。
1.~ sth持续；贯穿to last all through a period of time or to cover the whole of it
His acting career spanned 55 years.他的演艺生涯长达 55 年。
Family photos spanning five generations were stolen.一家五代人的照片失窃了。
2.~ sth包括（广大地区）；涵盖（多项内容）to include a large area or a lot of things
The operation, which spanned nine countries, resulted in 200 arrests.这次行动涉及九个国家，逮捕了 200 人。
3.~ sth横跨；跨越to stretch right across sth, from one side to the other
a series of bridges spanning the river架在河上的一系列桥梁
Remember that anything rendered after you set a color uses the same color and that this spans over frames and will not be reset in-between.
当你在多帖之间，设置同一个颜色之后，它将不会自动重新设置。
Knowing about a particular instant or partial time snippet can be useful, but it's also often useful to be able to express spans of time.
了解特定的时刻或是某个局部时间片段将非常有用，但是如果能够表达一段时间跨度的话，通常也很有用。
There have already been some of these applicable to shorter time spans than I use in reporting to partners.
在比我向合伙人汇报的时间段更短的时期里，已经有了一些大范围波动的情况。
A handful of researchers, however, think science will ultimately delay aging at least long enough to double life spans.
大量研究人员认为，科学将最终推迟变老速度，使人类寿命至少可以达到预期生命期限的两倍。
The bridge spans over Qiantang River, as if it is a magnificent rainbow.
大桥如飞虹，跨钱塘江两岸，颇为壮观。
CEO Tony Hsieh has grand ambitions to grow Zappos into a big company that spans several industries. But he never wants it to feel big.
CEOTonyHsieh有将Zappos发展成为横跨几个行业的大公司的野心，但他并不觉得这有多么宏伟。
A brief section giving background information may be necessary, especially if your work spans two or more traditional fields.
对背景知识做一个简要的介绍有时候也是必要的，特别是当你的研究领域涉及到两个或更多方面的传统领域。
Also, some shorter people possess a rare genetic mutation, known as the "Methuselah gene, " that seems to extend their life spans.
但是恰恰是一些个子不高的人会有很少见的基因突变，也就是“高寿基因”，它可以延长寿命。
It's the children who suffer the most with shortened life spans, missed schooling and illness due to living with untreated sewage.
受苦最多的是孩子们，他们因为使用未经处理的污水而寿命缩短、失学以及生病。
To make it easy to find these later, surround both bits of text within spans.
为了方便以后查找，将这两段文本包含在span内。
The bacterial examination and bacterial resistance were analyzed in spans of every five years.
分析各阶段标本的细菌检查及耐药情况。
We will attempt to help them grow gently into thinking during the remainder of their normal life spans and see how it works.
我们会试图帮助他们，在他们正常生命周期的剩余时间里缓慢进行思维，并看进展如何。
You were introduced to a non-trivial bank scenario that spans across all three tiers of an Ajax application.
我们讨论了一个比较复杂的银行场景，这个场景跨越Ajax应用程序的所有三层。
The 52-year calendar -- known as the "Calendar Round" -- was used as it spans a generation, or the approximate lifetime of an individual.
52年历法也称为“历法圆圈”—因为它主要用于记述一个世代或某个人的一生。
The bank's footprint spans investment, retail and corporate banking, and private wealth and asset management.
德意志银行的业务范围包括投资、零售和企业银行，以及私人财富和资产管理。
In contrast, an OLAP system often spans multiple versions of a database schema, due to the evolutionary process of an organization.
相比之下，由于组织的变化，OLAP系统常常跨越数据库模式的多个版本。
We are now ready to enter the world of the Internet. A spider web of inter-connected networks which spans our entire globe.
我们现在即将进入一个互联网的世界，在这个世界中，一张蜘蛛网般的网络覆盖了整个地球。
In a single forest topology, Exchange is installed into a single Active Directory forest that spans the whole organization.
在单林拓扑中，Exchange被安装到跨越整个组织的单个ActiveDirectory林中。
The system will ensure there is no gap in capability as the current systems in the network reach the end of their life spans.
该系统将确保在当前系统的寿命终结后网络覆盖不存在能力差距。
But new U of M research says men can blame their shorter life spans on women, well sort of.
但是，密歇根大学的新研究结果认为，男性可以把自己的短命，部分地归咎于妇女。
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