- time
- [taɪm]
1. n
1) u 时间 [shíjiān]
a period of time — 一段时间
I haven't got much time. — 我没太多时间。
2) u (period) 时候 [shíhou]during my time in Toronto — 我在多伦多的时候
3) c (day) 时期 [shíqī]in these difficult times — 在这段困难时期
4) s (by clock) 时间 [shíjiān]I will see you at the same time next week. — 下星期和你在同一时间见面。
5) c (occasion) 次 [cì]the last time I saw her — 我最后一次见到她
6) u (MUS) 节拍 [jiépāi]2. vt1) (measure time of) 计时 [jìshí]He timed his speech. — 他对自己的演讲进行了计时。
They timed his rate of breathing. — 他们计算他呼吸的频率。
2) (fix moment for) [+ visit etc] 定于 [dìng yú]They timed the attack for six o'clock. — 他们定于6点发动攻击。
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it is time for sth/to do sth — 是做某事的时候*
to have a good/bad time — 度过一段愉快/不愉快的时光*
to spend time — 花时间*
to spend one's time doing sth — 花时间做某事*
three times a day — 一日三次*
three times the size of sth — 某物大小的3倍*
four at a time — 一次4个*
for a time — 好一段时间*
all the time — 总是*
for the time being — 暂时*
from time to time — 偶尔*
time after time, time and again — 一次次*
at one time — (in the past) 曾经*
at the same time — (nevertheless) 然而; (simultaneously) 同时*
at times — (sometimes) 有时*
in time — (eventually) 到时*
to be in time — (MUS) [+ singers, dancers etc] 合拍*
in time (for) — 正好赶上(...)*
in a week's/month's time — 一周/月以后*
in no time, in next to no time — 立刻*
it's about time... or it's high time... — 早就该...*
the best/worst film of all time — 有史以来最好/最差的电影*
any time — 任何时候*
on time — 准时*
once upon a time — 很久以前*
to be 30 minutes behind time/ahead of time — 晚了/提前30分钟*
by the time he arrived — 到他到达时*
5 times 5 is 25 — 5乘5等于25*
what time is it?, what's the time? — 几点了？*
to ask sb the time — 问某人时间*
time off — (from work) 休假*
to have a hard time — 受苦受难*
time's up! — 时间到了！*
to have no time for sth — (fig) 没有时间关注某事*
in one's own (good) time — (without being hurried) 从容地*
in or US on one's own time — (out of working hours) 业余时间*
to take one's time — 慢慢来*
to take time — 需要时间*
to be behind the times — 落伍*
to be ahead of or before one's time — 领先于某人的时代*
to time sth well/badly — 把某段时间计划得好/糟糕*
to be timed to happen — 定于发生
English-Chinese new dictionary. 2014.
