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time

英  [taɪm]
    

[CONJ, NOUN, VERB]

    CONJ. 连词
  • 1. 乘

    You use times to show multiplication. Three times five is 3x5.

    双语例句

    例：

    Four times six is 24.

    4乘以6等于24。

    NOUN. 名词

  • times

    1. [U 不可数名词] 时间

    Time is what we measure in minutes, hours, days, and years.

    双语例句

    例：

    a two-week period of time.

    两周的时间。

    例：

    Time passed, and still Ma did not appear.

    时间一点点过去，可是马先生依然没有出现。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] 钟点

    You use time to ask or talk about a specific point in the day, which can be stated in hours and minutes and is shown on clocks.

    双语例句

    例：

    'What time is it?'—'Eight o'clock.'

    “几点了？” “8点。”

    例：

    He asked me the time.

    他问我几点了。

    3. [C 可数名词] （某事发生的）时间

    The time when something happens is the point in the day when it happens or is supposed to happen.

    双语例句

    例：

    Departure times are 08:15 from Baltimore, and 10:15 from Newark.

    从巴尔的摩出发的时间是08:15，从纽瓦克出发的时间是10:15。

    4. [U 不可数名词] （世界某时区的）时间

    You use time to refer to the system of expressing time and counting hours that is used in a particular part of the world.

    双语例句

    例：

    The incident happened just after ten o'clock local time.

    该事件发生在当地时间10点刚过。

    5. [U 不可数名词] （用来做某事或某事发生的）时间

    You use time to refer to the period that you spend doing something or when something has been happening.

    双语例句

    例：

    Adam spent a lot of time in his grandfather's office.

    亚当经常呆在他祖父的办公室里。

    例：

    He wouldn't have the time or money to take care of me.

    他不会有时间也不会有钱来照看我。

    例：

    Listen to me, I haven't got much time.

    听着，我没有多少时间。

    例：

    It's obvious that you need more time to think.

    显然你需要更多的时间来思考。

    6. [SING 单数型名词] （相当长的）一段时间

    If you say that something has been happening for a time, you mean that it has been happening for a fairly long period of time.

    双语例句

    例：

    He was also for a time an art critic.

    他曾在相当长的一段时间里是一位艺术评论家。

    例：

    He stayed for quite a time.

    他呆了很长一段时间。

    7. [C 可数名词] （某事发生的）时期 , 时刻

    You use time to refer to a period of time or a point in time, when you are describing what is happening then. For example, if something happened at a particular time, that is when it happened. If it happens at all times, it always happens.

    双语例句

    例：

    We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time.

    我们当时在同一所学院，那时还是男子学院。

    例：

    By this time he was thirty.

    到这时他30岁了。

    例：

    It was a time of terrible uncertainty.

    那是一段一切都非常不确定的时期。

    8. [C 可数名词] （历史上或一生中的特殊）时期

    You use time or times to talk about a particular period in history or in your life.

    双语例句

    例：

    They were hard times and his parents had been struggling to raise their family.

    那是困难时期，他的父母一直艰难地养家糊口。

    例：

    We'll be alone together, just like old times.

    我们会单独在一起，就像过去一样。

    9. [PL 复数] 时代潮流

    You can use the times to refer to the present time and to modern fashions, tastes, and developments. For example, if you say that someone keeps up with the times, you mean they are fashionable or aware of modern developments. If you say they are behind the times, you mean they are unfashionable or not aware of them.

    双语例句

    例：

    This approach is now seriously out of step with the times.

    这种方法如今与时代潮流严重脱节。

    10. [C 可数名词] （经历的）一段时光

    When you describe the time that you had on a particular occasion or during a particular part of your life, you are describing the sort of experience that you had then.

    双语例句

    例：

    Sarah and I had a great time while the kids were away.

    在孩子们不在时我和萨拉度过了一段美好的时光。

    11. [SING 单数型名词] 生命期 , 期限

    Your time is the amount of time that you have to live, or to do a particular thing.

    双语例句

    例：

    Now that Martin has begun to suffer the effects of AIDS, he says his time is running out.

    马丁已开始遭受艾滋病的折磨，他说自己时日不多了。

    12. [U 不可数名词] （做某事的）合适时候

    If you say it is time for something, time to do something, or time you did something, you mean that this thing ought to happen or be done now.

    双语例句

    例：

    Opinion polls indicated a feeling among the public that it was time for a change.

    民意测验表明，公众觉得到了改革的时候了。

    例：

    It was time for him to go to work.

    到了他去上班的时间了。

    13. [C 可数名词] 次

    When you talk about a time when something happens, you are referring to a specific occasion when it happens.

    双语例句

    例：

    Every time she travels on the bus it's delayed by at least three hours.

    每次她坐公共汽车出行时，至少要耽搁3个小时。

    14. [C 可数名词] （表示频率）次数

    You use time after numbers to say how often something happens.

    双语例句

    例：

    It was her job to make tea three times a day.

    她的任务是每天泡3次茶。

    15. [PL 复数] 倍

    You use times after numbers when comparing one thing to another and saying, for example, how much bigger, smaller, better, or worse it is.

    双语例句

    例：

    Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company.

    其利润正以快于一般公司4倍的速度增长。

    16. [C 可数名词] （完成赛跑所用的）时间

    Someone's time in a race is the amount of time it takes them to finish the race.

    双语例句

    例：

    He was over a second faster than his previous best time.

    他比自己以前的最好成绩快了一秒多。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • about time

    1. 该是…的时候了

    If you say it is about time that something was done, you are saying in an emphatic way that it should happen or be done now, and really should have happened or been done sooner.

    双语例句

    例：

    It's about time a few film makers with original ideas were given a chance.

    该给一些有创意的电影制作者一个机会了。

  • ahead of time

    1. 提前

    If you do something ahead of time, you do it before a particular event or before you need to, in order to be well prepared.

    双语例句

    例：

    Find out ahead of time what regulations apply to your situation.

    提前弄清楚什么规定适用于你的情况。

  • ahead of your time , before your time

    1. 思想先进

    If someone is ahead of their time or before their time, they have new ideas a long time before other people start to think in the same way.

    双语例句

    例：

    He was indeed ahead of his time in employing women, ex-convicts, and handicapped people.

    他的思想的确很先进，雇用了女性、刑满释放的犯人和残疾人。

  • all the time

    1. 一直

    If something happens or is done all the time, it happens or is done continually.

    近义词

    continually

    双语例句

    例：

    We can't be together all the time.

    我们不能一直在一起。

  • at a time

    1. 一次 , 每次

    You say at a time after an amount to say how many things or how much of something is involved in one action, place, or group.

    双语例句

    例：

    Beat in the eggs, one at a time.

    一次打入一个鸡蛋。

  • at any time

    1. 在任何时候

    If something could happen at any time, it is possible that it will happen very soon, though nobody can predict exactly when.

    双语例句

    例：

    Conditions are still very tense and the fighting could escalate at any time.

    形势依然很紧张，战斗随时可能升级。

  • at one time

    1. 曾经

    If you say that something was the case at one time, you mean that it was the case during a particular period in the past.

    双语例句

    例：

    At one time 400 men, women and children lived in the village.

    这个村子里曾住着400男人、女人和孩子。

  • at the same time

    1. 同时

    If two or more things exist, happen, or are true at the same time, they exist, happen, or are true together although they seem to contradict each other.

    双语例句

    例：

    I was afraid of her, but at the same time I really liked her.

    我害怕她，但同时我又实在喜欢她。

    2. 然而

    At the same time is used to introduce a statement that slightly changes or contradicts the previous statement.

    双语例句

    例：

    I don't think I set out to come up with a different sound for each CD. At the same time, I do have a sense of what is right for the moment.

    我一开始没有打算为每张唱片设计不同的曲风，然而我确实能感觉到当时想要的是什么。

  • at times

    1. 有时

    You use at times to say that something happens or is true on some occasions or at some moments.

    双语例句

    例：

    The debate was highly emotional at times.

    辩论有时非常热烈。

  • for all time

    1. 永远

    If you say that something will be the case for all time, you mean that it will always be the case.

    双语例句

    例：

    He promised to love her for all time.

    他许诺会永远爱她。

  • for the time being

    1. 目前 , 暂时

    If something is the case or will happen for the time being, it is the case or will happen now, but only until something else becomes possible or happens.

    双语例句

    例：

    For the time being, however, immunotherapy is still in its experimental stages.

    然而，目前免疫疗法还处于试验阶段。

  • from time to time

    1. 不时地

    If you do something from time to time, you do it occasionally but not regularly.

    双语例句

    例：

    Her daughters visited him from time to time when he was bedridden.

    他卧床不起时她的女儿们不时地来探望他。

  • half the time

    1. 经常

    If you say that something is the case half the time you mean that it often is the case.

    双语例句

    例：

    Half the time, I don't have the slightest idea what he's talking about.

    我常常一点都听不懂他在说什么。

  • in time

    1. 及时

    If you are in time for a particular event, you are not too late for it.

    双语例句

    例：

    I arrived just in time for my flight to Hawaii.

    我及时赶上了飞往夏威夷的航班。

  • in time , given time

    1. 迟早

    If you say that something will happen in time or given time, you mean that it will happen eventually, when a lot of time has passed.

    双语例句

    例：

    He would sort out his own problems, in time.

    他迟早会解决自己的问题。

  • in time , out of time

    1. （演奏、唱歌或跳舞）合拍或不合拍

    If you are playing, singing, or dancing in time with a piece of music, you are following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly. If you are out of time with it, you are not following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly.

    双语例句

    例：

    Her body swayed in time with the music.

    她的身体随着音乐节拍摇摆。

  • in a week's time , in a year's time , in a few minutes' time

    1. 在（...）之后

    If you say that something will happen, for example, in a week's time or in two years' time, you mean that it will happen a week from now or two years from now.

    双语例句

    例：

    Presidential elections are due to be held in ten days' time.

    总统竞选将在10天后如期举行。

  • in good time

    1. 提早

    If you arrive somewhere in good time, you arrive early so that there is time to spare before a particular event.

    双语例句

    例：

    We got there in good time for the opening ceremony.

    我们提早到达了开幕式场地。

  • in no time , in next to no time

    1. 立刻 , 很快

    If something happens in no time or in next to no time, it happens almost immediately or very quickly.

    双语例句

    例：

    He's going to be just fine. At his age he'll heal in no time.

    他会好起来的。以他的年纪，他会很快痊愈。

  • keep time

    1. 按节拍

    If you keep time when playing or singing music, you follow or play the beat, without going too fast or too slowly.

    双语例句

    例：

    As he sang he kept time on a small drum.

    他边唱边用一面小鼓打着拍子。

    2. （钟表）走得准

    When you talk about how well a watch or clock keeps time, you are talking about how accurately it measures time.

    双语例句

    例：

    Some pulsars keep time better than the Earth's most accurate clocks.

    有些脉冲星比地球上最精确的时钟还准。

  • make time

    1. 腾出时间

    If you make time for a particular activity or person, you arrange to have some free time so that you can do the activity or spend time with the person.

    双语例句

    例：

    Before leaving the city, be sure to make time for a shopping trip.

    在离开这个城市前，一定要腾出时间购一次物。

  • make good time

    1. （旅途耗时）比预计时间少

    If you say that you made good time on a trip, you mean it did not take you very long compared to the length of time you expected it to take.

    双语例句

    例：

    They had left early in the morning, on quiet roads, and made good time.

    他们一大早就出发了，路上车很少，走的比预期快多了。

  • make up for lost time

    1. 弥补失去的时光

    If someone is making up for lost time, they are doing something actively and with enthusiasm because they have not had the opportunity to do it before or when they were younger.

    双语例句

    例：

    Five years older than the majority of officers of his same rank, he was determined to make up for lost time.

    他比同级别的大多数官员大5岁，因此他决心弥补自己失去的时光。

  • nine times out of ten

    1. 十之八九

    If you say that something happens or is the case nine times out of ten or ninety-nine times out of a hundred, you mean that it happens on nearly every occasion or is almost always the case.

    双语例句

    例：

    When they want something, nine times out of ten they get it.

    他们想要什么，十之八九都能得到。

  • of all time

    1. 有史以来的

    If you say that someone or something is, for example, the best writer of all time, or the most successful film of all time, you mean that they are the best or most successful that there has ever been.

    双语例句

    例：

    'Monopoly' is one of the best-selling games of all time.

    “大富翁”是有史以来最畅销的游戏之一。

  • on time

    1. 准时

    If you are on time, you are not late.

    双语例句

    例：

    Don't worry, she'll be on time.

    别担心，她会准时的。

  • only a matter of time , only a question of time , just a matter of time

    1. 只是时间问题 , 迟早的事

    If you say that it is only a matter of time or only a question of time before something happens, you mean that it cannot be avoided and will definitely happen at some future date.

    双语例句

    例：

    It now seems only a matter of time before they resign.

    如今看来，他们辞职是早晚的事。

  • pass the time

    1. 消磨时间

    If you do something to pass the time you do it because you have some time available and not because you really want to do it.

    双语例句

    例：

    Without particular interest and just to pass the time, I read a story.

    我读了一篇故事，不是有什么特别的兴趣，只是为了消磨时间。

  • take time

    1. 需要很长时间

    If you say that something will take time, you mean that it will take a long time.

    双语例句

    例：

    Change will come, but it will take time.

    变化会有的，但需要时间。

  • take your time

    1. 慢慢地 , 不着急

    If you take your time doing something, you do it slowly and do not hurry.

    双语例句

    例：

    'Take your time,' Ted told him. 'I'm in no hurry.'

    “慢慢来，”泰德告诉他说，“我不着急。”

  • tell the time

    1. 认时间

    If a child can tell the time, they are able to find out what the time is by looking at a clock or watch.

    双语例句

    例：

    My four-year-old daughter cannot quite tell the time.

    我4岁的女儿不太会看时间。

  • time after time

    1. 屡次

    If something happens time after time, it happens in a similar way on many occasions.

    近义词

    repeatedly

    双语例句

    例：

    Burns had escaped from jail time after time.

    伯恩斯屡次越狱逃跑。

  • time flies

    1. 时光飞逝

    If you say that time flies, you mean that it seems to pass very quickly.

    双语例句

    例：

    Time flies when you're having fun.

    当你开心的时候，时间总是飞逝而去。

  • no time to lose

    1. 必须尽快

    If you say there is no time to lose or no time to be lost, you mean you must hurry as fast as you can to do something.

    双语例句

    例：

    He rushed home, realizing there was no time to lose.

    他意识到时间紧迫，急忙赶回家去。

  • time will tell

    1. 时间会证明

    If you say that time will tell whether something is true or correct, you mean that it will not be known until some time in the future whether it is true or correct.

    双语例句

    例：

    Only time will tell whether Broughton's optimism is justified.

    只有时间能证明布劳顿的乐观有没有道理。

  • waste no time

    1. 立即

    If you waste no time in doing something, you take the opportunity to do it immediately or quickly.

    双语例句

    例：

    Tom wasted no time in telling me why he had come.

    汤姆立即告诉了我他来的原因。

    VERB. 动词

  • times , timing , timed

    1. [T 及物动词] 为…安排时间

    If you time something for a particular hour, day, or period, you plan or decide to do it or cause it to happen at this time.

    双语例句

    例：

    He timed the election to coincide with new measures to boost the economy.

    他把选举的时间安排在振兴经济的新措施出台的时候。

    例：

    I timed our visit for March 7.

    我把我们的访问时间定在3月7日。

    2. [T 及物动词] 测量…所花的时间

    If you time an action or activity, you measure how long someone takes to do it or how long it lasts.

    双语例句

    例：

    A radar gun timed the speed of the baseball.

    一支雷达枪测出了棒球的速度。

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