| 单词 | time |
| 释义 | time1 /taim; taim/ n 1 [U] all the days of the past, present and future: 时; 时间 (指过去、现在、未来全部的日子) : past, present and future ~. 过去、 现在及未来的时兰。 The world exists in space and ~. 世界存在于空间与时间中。 2 [U] the passing of all the days, months and years, taken as a whole (sometimes personified as (old) Father T~): 时间的度过; 光阴的流逝; 时间流逝 (有时予以拟人化，称为 '时间老人')： T~ will show who is right. 时间会证明谁是对的。 T~ waits for no man, (prov). (D) 岁月不待人; 时不我与; 岁月不饶人。 3 [U] (also 亦作 a + adj + ~) portion or measure of ~ ：一段时间; 一部务时间： Six o'clock is a point of six hours is a period of ~. 六点钟是时间的一点; 六小时是一段时间。 Whar a (long) ~ you've been! 你花贞相当 (长 i 的时间了！ I had a most unpleasant ~ at the dentist's. 我在牙医那里经历了一段很不愉快的时间。 That will take ~ ，cannot be done soon or quickly. 那要花费相当的时间 (才能做成) 。 I have no/not much ~ for sport. 我没有 (没有太多) 时间做户外运动。附 e have no ~ to lose, We must hurry. 我们不能就误时间了 (必须赶紧) 。 He spent a lot of ~ (in) getting ready. 他花了很多时间做准备。 Take your ~ over it, Don't hurry. 慢慢来，不要急。 We were pressed for ~ ，had not enough were forced to hurry. 我们的时间甚为急迫。 behind ~, a late: 迟; 晚： The train is ten minutes behind ~. 火车误点十分钟。 b behindhand: 落后; 拖欠： He's always behind ~ with his payments. 他总不能按时付愈。 for the ~ being, cbe (4). on ~ ，up to not late, punctual (Iy): 按时; 茧时： The train is/came in on ~. 火车时 (到达) 。 in 'no ~ ，very soon; very quickly. : itb; 很快地。 (from/since) ~ immemorial; (from/since) ~ out of mind, for a period of ~ longer than any one can remember. (从) 远古时代 (起); (从) 人们不复记忆的时代 (起) 。 gain ~ ，obtain extra ~ by making excuses, deliberately using slow methods, etc. 拖延时间。 all the ~ ，a during the whole of the ~ in question: (在某段时间内) 一直： I looked all over the house for that letter, and it was in my pocket all the ~, while I was searching. 我在屋里到处找那封信，而它却一直在我口袋里。 b at all times; first and last: 始终; 从头到尾; 自始至终： He's a business man all the ~ ，has no other interests in life. 自始至终他就是一个生意人。 'half the ~, a half of the ~ available: 一半的时蔺： He did the work in four hours; I could have done it in half the ~ ，in two hours. 他花了四小时才做完那工作; 我花一半的时间 (两小时) 就能做好。 b for long periods of ~ ; (loosely) very often; nearly always: 长时间地; (非严格用法) 常常; 几乎总是:, He says he works hard, but he's day-dreaming half the 他说他工作很努力,但他大部分时间都在做白日梦。 4 [U] point of ~ stated in hours and minutes of the day: (以当日的小时和分说明的) 时刻： What ~ is it? 几点钟了？ What is the ~? 几点钟了？ The child can now tell the ~. 那孩子看得懂钟 (表) 了。 5 [U] ~ measured in units (years, months, hours, etc): 以 (年、月、小时等) 单位丘出的时间： The winner's ~ was 11 seconds. 获感者使用的时间共十一秒。 He ran the mile in record ~ ， in a period of ~ shorter than that of any previous runner. 他跑一英里的时间已打破以往的记录。 keep good/bad ~ ，(of a clock or watch) show the hour correctly/incorrectly. (指钟表) 走得准确 (不准确) the ~ of day, the hour as shown by a clock. (钟表上的) 时刻。 pass the ~ of day (with...). exchange a greeting, say Good morning!etc. 相互问候或请安 (如说'早安'等) 。 6 [U] point or period of ~ associated with, or available or suitable for, a certain event, purpose, etc: 时机; 时限; 时候; 机会： at the ~ you're speaking of; 在你所说的时间; by the ~ we reached home; 在我们到家的时候; last ~ I was there; 我上次在那儿的时候; every ~ I looked at her. 每次我看她的时候。 It is 'lunch - ~ .是午餐的时间了。 There is a ~ for everything. 凡事必看其时。 Now's your ~ (= opportun-ity) (现在) 你的机 来了。 It's ~ / was going/ ~ for me to go, I ought to leave now. 我 (现在) 核走了。 It's ~ somebody taught you to behave yourself. (现在) 该有人敎导你如何待人接物了。 Imust bide my ~ ，be patient, wait for a suitable ~. 我必须等待时机。 up, The ~ allowed for something is ended. 时间到。 (work, etc) against ~ ，with the greatest speed (because only a limited amount of ~ is available). 以最快速度; 全力 (工作等); 加紧 (赶工等) 。 at the same ~ ，a together: 同时; 一齐： to laugh and cry at the same ~ . (向时 j 又斐又笑。 b notwithstanding; nevertheless: 订京; 然而： He's slightly mad; at the same ~ ，he's one of the kindest men I know. 他有一点瘟狂; 然而他是我所认识的最和善的人之一。 at ~s; from ~ to ~ ，occasionally; now and then. 间或; 偶尔。 at 'all ~s, always. 总是; 始终; 经常。 at 'your/'his, etc — of life, at your/his, etc age. 在你 (他等) 这样的年纪。 in ~ ，a not late; early enough: 及时; 还早： We were in ~ for the train/to catch the train. 我们赶上了火车。 We arrived in good ~ ，with ~ to spare. 我袖萄得很早。 b sooner or later; after the passing of an indefinite period of ~ ：早晚; 终久; 经过一段 (不确定的) 时间以后; 将来： You will learn how to do it in ~. 你将来会学到怎样来做这件事。而 the nick of ~ .cnick1 (2). near her ~ ，(of a woman) soon to give birth to a child. (指妇女) 临盆; 分娩如近。 do —, (colloq) undergo a period of imprisonment. (俗) 服刑。 serve one,s ~, a work as an apprentice for an agreed number of years: 当学徒; 夜 (若干年) 学徒： The boy has served half his ~. 这男孩做学徒的期限已经过去一半。 b → do ~ ，above. 参看上列之 do ~o My/His, etc ~ is drawing near, I am/He is, etc near a ~ of Crisis, of some important happening, etc (according to the context). 我 (他等) 面临危急关头 (决定性时刻等，视上下文而定) 。 7 [C] (Cf 参较 rice) occasion: 次数; 次; 回: this/that/next/another 这 (那，下一,另一) 回; the ~ before last：上上一次; for the first/last 第一 (最后一) 回。 He failed five ~s. 他失敲过五次。 Vve told you a dozen ~s, (= very often, repeatedly) not to do that. 我已经一再吿诉你不要那样做。 at 'one ~ ，during a period of past ~ ，known but not mentioned: 过去有一段时间： At one ~ I used to go mountain-climbing every summer. 过去有一段时间我每年夏天去台山。 at other ~s, on other occasions. 在其他时候; 又有时。 ，~ and again; ~s without number, again and again; repeatedly. 一再 ; MU 'many a —; 'many ~s, often; on many occasions. 薛常; 多次; 屡屡。 orw/two, etc at a ~ one/two, etc on each occasion; separately: 一次一个 (两个等) 地; 各别地： Hand them to me two at a ~. 把那些东西拿给我，一次两个。 8 (pl) used to indicate multiplication (but note that twice is used instead of two ~s): (复) 倍; 乘 (注意： twice 用以表示二倍)： Three ~s five is/are fifteen, 3x5= 15. 三乘五得十五。 Yours is ten ~ the size of mine/ten ~s as large as mine. 你的 (那东西) 比我的大十倍。 9 [C] (often pl) period of ~ ，more or less definite, associated with certain events, circumstances, persons, etc: (常用复数) 时代; 时期： in 'Stuart ~s, when the Stuart kings ruled; 在斯图亚特王朝时代; in the ~(s) of the Stuarts; 在斯图亚特诸王治理时期; in 'ancient/prehistoric 在古代 (史前期) 。 Mr Curtis was the manager in 'my ~ ，when I was working there. 我在那里工作时期，宼帝斯先生是经理。 The house is old but it will last my ~ ，will serve me for the rest of my life. 这房子旧了，不过在我有生之年尙可住。 1 。[C] (often pl) the conditions of life, the circumstances, etc of a period characterized by certain qualities, etc: (常用复数) 某一时期的生活状况、环境等 (有某些特色者)：町 e lived through terrible ~s during the war years. 打仗的那几年我们过得很 are good/bad, (often meaning that it is easy/difficult to make a living). 年头好 (坏) (常表示谋生容易，困难等) 。 ahead of one's ~; born before one's ~ ，having ideas too much in advance of, too enlightened for, the period in which one lives. 超出时代前，具有不容于当世的前进或开明的思想。 (even) at the best of ~s, even when conditions are good: 即使情况良好; 在状况效好的时候： He's an irritating fellow even at the best of ~s. 即使在好的时候，他也是一个令人讨厌的家伙。 behind the ~s, antiquated; having out-of-date ideas, etc. 过时的; 落伍的; 思想等陈旧的。 have a good ~ ，enjoy oneself. 自得其乐; 玩 (等) 得很痛快。 have the — of one's life, (colloq) experience a period of exceptional happiness or enjoyment (俗) 度过一段非常欢乐或愉快的时间。 11 [U]Greenwich/local/summer/standard ~ ，格林尼治 (当地，夏令，标准) 时间，㊁ these words. 参看各字。 12 [U] (music) style of rhythm depending upon the number of beats in the successive bars of a piece of music: (音乐) 拍子： 'common two or four beats in a bar; 普通拍子 (每一小节二拍或四拍); 'waltz three or six beats in a bar; 华尔效拍子 (一小节三或六拍); also, the rate (or tempo) at which a piece of music is to be played. 演奏 (乐曲的) 速度。 in/out of ~. in/not in accordance with the ~ of the music. 合 (不合) 节拍 doublequick ~ ，very quickly. 非萧快。 beat ~ ，show the ~ (tempo, etc) by movements made with the hand or a stick (baton). (用手或指挥棒) 打拍子。 keep ~, sing or dance in ~. 按节拍唱歌或跳舞。 13 (compounds) (复合字) ,■~-ball n one which slides down a staff (at an observatory to show a fixed ~ ，usu noon or 1 pm). (升降于气象台杆子上的) 报时球 (所报的时刻通常为中午或下午一时) 。 'bomb n designed to explode at some ~ after being dropped, placed in position, etc. 定时炸弹 c cardZ-sheet n one for a record of workmen's hours of work. 工作时间记录卡 (纸) 。 expired adj (of soldiers and sailors) having completed the period of service. (指宾士和水手) 已服役期满的。 '=exposure n exposure of a photographic film for a ~ longer than half a second. 照相底片超过半秒钟的曝光。 '~fuse n one that has been made to burn for a given ~ ，eg to explode a bomb. 定时信管。 '■~-honoured (US = -honored) adj respected because of its antiquity. 因年代久远而受尊敬的; 由来已久的。' ~ - keeper n a one who, or that which, records the ~ spent by workers at their work. 工作时间记录员或记录器。 b (of a watch, etc) one that keeps ~ well, etc: (走得准或不准的) 时计： a good/ bad ~ keeper. 走得准 (不) 的时计。 '■~-lag n interval of ~ between two connected phenomena or events (eg between a flash of lightning and the thunder, Oi between a decision to do sth and showing the days or hours at which events will its accomplishment). 时滞 (两个相关联现象或事件所间隔的时间，如闪电与打雷之间或决心做某事与其完成之间者) , |~-limit n limited period of ~ ; last moment of this: 时限; 时限的最后片刻： set a ~-limit for the completion of a job. 为某项工作的完成规定时限。 '~piece n clock. 钟; 表; 时计。 '~-saving adj serving to save 节约时间的： a ~-saving idea. 省时的难法 (主意) 。 '~server n one who acts, not according to principles, but according to self-interest, esp one who is always trying to please powerful people. 趣炎附势者; 以一己的利益为行事准则者。 '~-serving adj behaving as a ~-server: 建炎附势的; 谋私利的： ~ - serving politicians. 趣炎附势的政客。' signal n signal (eg a series of pips) indicating the ~ .报.时信号。' ~ slip n = time warp. '■~-switch n switch set to operate at a desired ~ (eg to turn a heating system on or off). 定时开辟 (如暖气系统上者) 。 ,—table n list take place, work will be done, trains etc will depart. 时间表; 时刻表。' ~ warp n (in science fiction) breaking of past or future ~ into present ~ .(科幻小说)将过去或未来时间变成现在时间 '~work n [U] work (esp manual work) paid for by the hour or day (contrasted with piece-work). 计时工作(尤指手工，与 piece-work 相知。 ~less adj (liter) unending; not to be thbught of as having duration. (L) 无限的; 永久的; 超时间的。 |
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