| 释义 |
min·ute¹ /ˈmɪnɪt/ n. | vt. | a. | phr.
I n.
1. 分(时间单位；60分= 1小时)
ten minutes to (past) four 4点缺(过)10分
2. 【数】分(角的度量单位，常用符号＇表示；60分= 1 degree)
37 degress and 20 minutes (或写作37°20′) 37度20分
3. 1分钟的路程
five minutes from the park 距离公园5分钟的路程
It's just minutes from the hotel to the station. 从宾馆去车站几分钟就到。
4. 片刻，一会儿；瞬间
I can't wait another minute. 我片刻也不能再等候了。
Can you spare me half a minute? 你能为我抽出片刻时间来吗?
Just sit down. I won't be a minute. 坐吧，我一会儿就完。
Outside, it was sun one minute and snow the next. 屋外，一会儿出太阳，一会儿下雪。
at this very minute 就在这一瞬间
Come here this (very) minute! 即刻到这儿来!
For a minute, I wasn't sure what to do. 一时我不知道怎么办才好。
Within minutes (或 a minute), the police arrived. 转瞬间警察赶到了。
Mountain weather can change in minutes. 山上天气说变就变。
5. (文书等的)草稿
the minute of a letter 书信的草稿
make a minute of a speech 起草一份演讲稿
6. 〈主英〉摘要，简短记录；备忘录
make a minute of a debate 把辩论内容摘录下来
7. [minutes] 议事录，会议记录
the minutes of a meeting 会议记录
That is not on the minutes. 那一点未被记录在案。
II vt.
1. 将…记入议事录
minute the proceedings of a meeting 把会议事项记入议事录
I should like my observation to be minuted. 我希望把我的看法记入议事录。
2. 草拟
minute a document 起草文件
3. 摘录…的要点；把…记入备忘录
minute a dispatch 摘录公文急报的要点
4. 以备忘录方式通知(某人)
5. 〈口〉正确测定…的时间；准确测定(速度)
minute a race 正确测定赛跑的时间
minute the speed of the train 正确测定火车的速度
III a.
快熟的，易烹调的
minute pudding 快熟布丁
minute rice 速煮米饭
[OFr < ML minūta < L minūtus minute²] phr. (at) any minute 随时，在任何时刻 The rope may snap (at) any minute. 绳子随时可能绷断。at the last minute 在最后一刻；在紧要关头 change one's mind at the last minute 在最后一刻改变主意 step in at the last minute to halt a strike 在紧要关头进行干涉以终止罢工 at the minute 〈英口〉现在 by the minute (尤指变化速度)很快 every minute 1. 每分钟；时时刻刻 He thought of her every minute of the day. 他时时刻刻思念她。2. 完全，彻底 He is every minute a gentleman. 他是个地地道道的君子。in a minute 立刻，马上 I'll come in a minute. 我立刻就来。just a minute 〈口〉1. 稍等片刻 Just a minute, please. 请稍等一下。2. [用来表示异议等]且慢 Just a minute, Mr. Chairman, I don't think that is true. 且慢，主席先生，我认为那是不确实的。just this minute (或 this very minute) 刚才，方才 Don't trample mud from your shoes on to the floor; I've just this minute swept it. 不要把你鞋上的泥踩在地板上，我刚才扫过地。minute down 把…记录下来 minute down the conversations 把谈话内容记录下来 not for a (或 one) minute 根本不，一点也不，从不 This did not interest her for a minute. 我根本没有引起她的兴趣。A: Didn't you ever suspect he was guilty? B: No, not for a minute. 甲：难道你从不怀疑他是有罪的吗? 乙：是的，从不怀疑。the minute (that) 一…就 (= as soon as)I'll tell him the minute he gets here. 他一来我就告诉他。to the minute 一分不差，准时地 The train arrived at three o'clock to the minute. 火车3时正点到达。Things were done to the minute. 事情准时做完。up to the minute 最新的；最新式的 a fashion up to the minute 最新式样 bring sb. up to the minute on the developments 使某人了解事态发展的最新情况 wait a minute = just a minute |