1 N-UNCOUNT 时间 Time is what we measure in minutes, hours, days, and years. 时间
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...a two-week period of time.
两周的时间
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Time passed, and still Ma did not appear.
时间一点点过去，马先生仍然没有出现。
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As time went on the visits got more and more regular.
随着时间的流逝，探访变得越来越频繁。
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The social significance of religion has changed over time.
宗教的社会意义随着时间的变迁已经发生了变化。
2 N-SING [wh/the N] 时刻;时候;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. 时刻;时候;钟点
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'What time is it?' — 'Eight o'clock.'.
“几点钟了？”—“8点钟。”
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He asked me the time.
他问我几点了。
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What time did he leave?.
他什么时候离开的？
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I phoned my mother to ask what time she was coming home.
我打电话给母亲问她几点回家。
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The time is now 19 minutes past the hour.
现在的时间是整点过19分。
3 N-COUNT 规定时间 The time when something happens is the point in the day when it happens or is supposed to happen. 规定时间
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Departure times are 08:15 from St Quay, and 18:15 from St Helier.
从圣奎伊的出发时间是 8 点 15 分，从圣赫利尔的出发时间是 18 点 15 分。
5 N-UNCOUNT (某一时区的)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. (某一时区的)时间
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The tidal predictions are expressed in Greenwich Mean Time. Add one hour for British Summer Time.
潮汐预报用的是格林尼治标准时间。英国夏令时要在标准时基础上加一小时。
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The incident happened just after ten o'clock local time.
事件发生在当地时间 10 点刚过。
6 N-UNCOUNT [oft a NOUN] (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. (用来做某事或某事发生的)时间
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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。
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He wouldn't have the time or money to take care of me.
他既不会有时间也不会有钱来照顾我。
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Listen to me, I haven't got much time.
听着，我没多少时间。
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It's obvious that you need more time to think.
显然你需要更多时间来思考。
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The route was blocked for some time.
道路被堵了一段时间。
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For a long time I didn't tell anyone.
很久我都没有告诉任何人。
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A short time later they sat down to eat.
过了一小会儿，他们坐下来吃东西。
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Thank you very much for your time.
非常感谢你抽出了宝贵时间。
SYN period, while, term, season
7 N-SING (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. (相当长的)一段时间
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He was also for a time the art critic of 'The Scotsman'.
有相当长的一段时间他为《苏格兰人》报撰写艺术评论。
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He stayed for quite a time.
他呆了相当长的一段时间。
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After a time they came to a pond.
过了好久，他们来到一个池塘。
8 N-COUNT [oft preposition NOUN] (某事发生的)一段(或特定)时间 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. (某事发生的)一段(或特定)时间
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We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time.
我们那时在同一所学院，当时只招男生。
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By this time he was thirty.
到那时他 30 岁了。
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During the time I was married I tried to be the perfect wife.
在那段婚姻生活中，我努力要做个完美的妻子。
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It was a time of terrible uncertainty.
那是一切都很不确定的一段时间。
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Homes are more affordable than at any time in the past five years.
现在住宅比过去5年里的任何时候都要便宜。
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It seemed like a good time to tell her.
那似乎是告诉她的好时机。
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There were times when he would ring his bell at all hours of the day or night.
有段时间，他白天或晚上随时都可能摁铃。
SYN occasion, point, moment, hour
9 N-COUNT [usually adjective NOUN] 历史时期;时代 You use time or times to talk about a particular period in history or in your life. 历史时期;时代
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They were hard times and his parents had been struggling to raise their family.
那是段艰苦时期，他父母一直艰辛地养家糊口。
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We'll be alone together, quite like old times.
我们会单独在一起，就像过去那样。
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We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.
我们正在经历现代最严重的一段经济衰退。
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A 'Felucca' is the traditional Nile sailboat, unchanged since the time of the pharaohs.
Felucca 是尼罗河地区的传统帆船，自法老时代起就没有变过。
SYN age, days, era, year
10 N-PLURAL 当代;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. 当代;时代潮流
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He is unafraid to move with the times.
他敢于与时俱进。
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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。
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Johnny has changed his image to fit the times.
约翰尼已经改变了他的形象以迎合时代潮流。
SYN out of date, old-fashioned, outdated, square [informal]
11 N-COUNT [adjective NOUN] (经历的)一段时间，时期 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. (经历的)一段时间，时期
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Sarah and I had a great time while the kids were away.
孩子们不在的时候，我和萨拉度过了一段美好时光。
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She's had a really tough time the last year and a half.
这一年半以来，她度过了一段非常艰难的时期。
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You had an easy time of it at home.
你在家度过了一段轻松时光。
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I try to remember all the good times I've had here.
我试着回忆在这里度过的所有美好时光。
12 N-SING 生命（期）;期限;时限 Your time is the amount of time that you have to live, or to do a particular thing. 生命（期）;期限;时限
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Now Martin has begun to suffer the effects of AIDS, and he says his time is running out.
现在马丁开始遭受艾滋病的折磨，他说他的生命就要走到尽头。
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Every administration has its time. And when your time is over, you leave.
每届政府都有其执政期限，任期届满时就得下台。
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I doubt I would change anything if I had my time again.
如果能重新活过，我不确定自己是否愿意做出任何改变。
SYN lifetime, day, life, season
13 N-UNCOUNT [NOUN to-infinitive, NOUN that] (从事特定活动的)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. (从事特定活动的)合适时候
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Opinion polls indicated a feeling among the public that it was time for a change. [+ for]
民意测验表明，公众认为到了改革的时候了。
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It was time for him to go to work. [+ for]
他该去上班了。
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This was no time to make a speech.
这不是长篇大论的时候。
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The time has come to put an end to the conflict.
结束冲突的时候到了。
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It's time you went to school.
你该去上学了。
14 N-COUNT 次;回 When you talk about a time when something happens, you are referring to a specific occasion when it happens. 次;回
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Every time she travels on the bus it's delayed by at least three hours.
每次她乘公车出行都至少耽搁3个小时。
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The last time I saw her was about sixteen years ago.
我上次见她大约是 16 年前了。
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House prices are rising for the first time since November.
房价自 11 月以来首次上涨。
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Next time you go shopping, throw in a few extra fruit and vegetables.
下次你去买东西，多买点水果蔬菜。
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Remember that time she picked up my daughter when I was ill?
还记得那次我生病，她替我接女儿吗？
15 N-COUNT 次 You use time after numbers to say how often something happens. 次
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It was her job to make tea three times a day.
她的差事就是每天沏3次茶。
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How many times has your mother told you never to talk to strangers?.
你母亲告诉你多少次了，绝不能和陌生人谈话？
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The Masters golf tournament was won a second time by the American Ben Hogan.
美国的本·霍根再次夺得高尔夫大师锦标赛冠军。
Usage Note :
You do not say 'one time a year' or 'two times a year'; you say once a year or twice a year. You also do not say 'two times as much'; you say twice as much.
“一年一次”或“一年两次”不能说 one time a year 或 two times a year，而要说 once a year 或 twice a year。“两倍那么多”也不能说 two times as much，而要说 twice as much。
16 N-PLURAL 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. 倍
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Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company.
它的利润增长速度比一般公司快4倍。
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Young people were several times more likely to be out of work than older members of the workforce.
劳动人口中，年轻人失业的可能性是年长者的好几倍。
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He polled four times as many votes as his rival.
他得到的选票数量是竞选对手的4倍。
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...an area five times the size of Britain.
面积为英国领土5倍大的区域
17 CONJ-COORD 乘以 You use times in arithmetic to link numbers or amounts that are multiplied together to reach a total. 乘以
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Four times six is 24.
4 乘以 6 等于 24。
18 N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN] (赛跑等)所用时间，成绩 Someone's time in a race is the amount of time it takes them to finish the race. (赛跑等)所用时间，成绩 [Also + of]
19 N-UNCOUNT [oft in NOUN] 拍子;节拍 The time of a piece of music is the number of beats that the piece has in each bar. 拍子;节拍
SYN tempo, beat, rhythm, measure
20 VERB 给…确定时间;为…安排时间 If you time something for a particular time, you plan or decide to do it or cause it to happen at this time. 给…确定时间;为…安排时间 [Also VERB n]
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He timed the election to coincide with new measures to boost the economy. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
他把选举安排在振兴经济的新政策出台时。
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We had timed our visit for March 7. [VERB noun + for]
我们把访问时间确定在3月7日。
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He had timed his intervention well. [VERB noun adv.]
他选择介入的时机恰到好处。
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Operation Amazon is timed to coincide with the start of the dry season. [V-ed to-inf]
拯救亚马孙河的行动安排在了旱季来临之际。
SYN schedule, set, plan, book
21 VERB 测定…所花时间 If you time an action or activity, you measure how long someone takes to do it or how long it lasts. 测定…所花时间
SYN measure, judge, clock, count
23 PHRASE 该是…的时候了;早该…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. 该是…的时候了;早该…了 [emphasis]
24 PHRASE 提前;预先 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. 提前;预先
SYN early, earlier than expected, with time to spare, in good time
25 PHRASE (思想)先进，领先于时代 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. (思想)先进，领先于时代
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My mother was ahead of her time. She surrounded me with culture and art.
我母亲思想前卫，给予了我文化和艺术的熏陶。
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His only fundamental mistake, he insists, is that he was 20 years before his time.
他坚持认为，他仅有的根本性错误是他比时代超前了20年。
26 PHRASE 一直;始终 If something happens or is done all the time, it happens or is done continually. 一直;始终
SYN constantly, always, continually, ever
27 PHRASE 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. 一次;每次
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Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
打入鸡蛋，一次一个。
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She ran for the staircase and down the steps, taking them two at a time.
她跑向楼梯，一步两级地奔下台阶。
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Do you sometimes find that you are doing very little physical exercise for several weeks at a time?
你有时会不会发现自己一连几个星期都没怎么锻炼过？
28 PHRASE 随时;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. 随时;任何时候
29 PHRASE 即使在最好的情况下 You say at the best of times when you are making a negative or critical comment to emphasize that it is true even when the circumstances are as favourable as possible. 即使在最好的情况下 [emphasis]
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A trade war would be bad at the best of times, but in the current economic climate, it would be a disaster.
即使在情况最好的时候贸易战都是有害无利的，而在当前这种经济形势下只会是一场灾难。
30 PHRASE 一度;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. 一度;曾经
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At one time 400 men, women and children lived in the village.
曾经有 400 个男人、女人和孩子居住在村子里。
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...enormous glaciers, which at one time covered vast areas of the northern hemisphere.
一度覆盖了北半球辽阔区域的巨大冰川
SYN once, previously, formerly, for a while
31 PHRASE 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. 同时
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I was afraid of her, but at the same time I really liked her.
我害怕她，但同时也确实喜欢她。
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She was somehow able to look sad and cheerful at the same time.
她能够做出又悲又喜的神情。
SYN nevertheless, still, even so, yet
32 PHRASE 然而;不过 At the same time is used to introduce a statement that slightly changes or contradicts the previous statement. 然而;不过
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I don't think I set out to come up with a different sound for each album. At the same time, I do have a sense of what is right for the moment.
我不觉得我一开始就特意为每张专辑设定了不同的曲风。然而，我确实知道当时想要的是什么感觉。
33 PHRASE 有时;间或 You use at times to say that something happens or is true on some occasions or at some moments. 有时;间或
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The debate was highly emotional at times.
辩论有时变得异常情绪化。
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At times she had an overwhelming desire to see him.
她有时会特别想见他。
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He went on listening to her, at times impatient and at times fascinated.
他继续听她讲，有时很不耐烦，有时深受吸引。
SYN sometimes, occasionally, from time to time, now and then
34 PHRASE 在…出生以前；在…有记忆前 If you say that something was before your time, you mean that it happened or existed before you were born or before you were able to know about it or remember it. 在…出生以前；在…有记忆前
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'You've never seen the Marilyn Monroe film?' — 'No, I think it was a bit before my time.'
“你从来没看过玛丽莲·梦露演的电影？”—“是的，她拍电影时我还不记事呢。”
35 PHRASE 过早 If someone has reached a particular stage in life before their time, they have reached it at a younger age than is normal. 过早
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The small print has forced me, years before my time, to buy spectacles.
印刷文字过小迫使我早早就要买眼镜戴。
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There is nothing like a college town to make you feel old before your time.
没有哪个地方能像大学城那样让你感到未老先衰。
36 PHRASE 早该发生；早该如此 If you say not before time after a statement has been made about something that has been done, you are saying in an emphatic way that you think it should have been done sooner. 早该发生；早该如此 [British, emphasis]
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The virus is getting more and more attention, and not before time.
这种病毒正受到越来越多的关注，其实早该如此。
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Not before time, that is about to change.
那一切总算要变了。
37 PHRASE 结束 If you call time on something, you end it. 结束 [mainly British, journalism]
38 PHRASE 坐牢;服刑 Someone who is doing time is in prison. 坐牢;服刑 [informal]
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He is serving 11 years for robbery, and did time for a similar offence before that.
他因犯抢劫罪正在服11年的刑期，此前他也曾因类似罪行蹲过监狱。
39 PHRASE 永远 If you say that something will be the case for all time, you mean that it will always be the case. 永远
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The desperate condition of the world is that madness has always been here, and that it will remain so for all time.
这个世界令人绝望的是，疯狂之事一直存在，而且将永远存在下去。
40 PHRASE 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. 目前;暂时
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For the time being, however, immunotherapy is still in its experimental stages.
但免疫疗法目前仍处于实验阶段。
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The situation is calm for the time being.
局势暂时稳定。
SYN for now, meanwhile, meantime, in the meantime
41 PHRASE 不时地;间或;偶尔 If you do something from time to time, you do it occasionally but not regularly. 不时地;间或;偶尔
SYN occasionally, sometimes, now and then, at times
42 PHRASE 常常;几乎总是 If you say that something is the case half the time you mean that it often is the case. 常常;几乎总是 [informal]
43 PHRASE 不喜欢/喜欢;不赞成/赞成 If you say that you have no time for a person or thing, you mean you do not like them or approve of them, and if you say that you have a lot of time for a person or thing, you mean you like them or approve of them very much. 不喜欢/喜欢;不赞成/赞成
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When I think of what he's done to my mother and me, I've just got no time for him.
想到他对母亲和我所做的一切，我就很讨厌他。
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I have got a lot of time for people who are prepared to put the welfare of their party above their own vanity.
我很钦佩那些不计个人名利，以政党的利益为重的人。
44 PHRASE (早)该…了;是时候…了 If you say that it is high time that something happened or 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. (早)该…了;是时候…了 [emphasis] [emphasis]
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It is high time the Government displayed a more humanitarian approach towards victims of the recession.
政府早该对受到经济衰退影响的人们采取更加人性化的救助措施。
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It is high time to consider the problem on a global scale.
早该从全球视角考虑问题了。
45 PHRASE 及时;不迟 If you are in time for a particular event, you are not too late for it. 及时;不迟
SYN on time, on schedule, in good time, at the appointed time
46 PHRASE 最终;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. 最终;迟早
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He would sort out his own problems, in time.
他早晚会解决自己的问题。
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Tina believed that, given time, her business would become profitable.
蒂娜相信假以时日，她的生意一定会盈利。
47 PHRASE 合拍/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. 合拍/不合拍
48 PHRASE 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. 在…之后
49 PHRASE 提早，提前(到达) If you arrive somewhere in good time, you arrive early so that there is time to spare before a particular event. 提早，提前(到达)
SYN on time, early, ahead of schedule, ahead of time
50 PHRASE 慢慢来;别急;来得及 If you tell someone that something will happen in good time or all in good time, you are telling them to be patient because it will happen eventually. 慢慢来;别急;来得及
51 PHRASE 立刻;马上 If something happens in no time or in next to no time, it happens almost immediately or very quickly. 立刻;马上
52 PHRASE 从容地;不慌不忙地 If you do something in your own time, you do it at the speed that you choose, rather than allowing anyone to hurry you. 从容地;不慌不忙地
53 PHRASE 在业余时间;在空闲时间 If you do something such as work in your own time in British English, or on your own time in American English, you do it in your free time rather than, for example, at work or school. 在业余时间;在空闲时间
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If I choose to work on other projects in my own time, then I say that is my business.
如果我选择在业余时间做其他项目，我认为那是我自己的事情。
54 PHRASE 和着拍子;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. 和着拍子;按节拍
55 PHRASE (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. (钟表)走得准
56 PHRASE 腾出时间;留出时间 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. 腾出时间;留出时间
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Before leaving the city, be sure to make time for a shopping trip. [+ for]
离开城市之前，一定要留出时间去买些东西。
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She had made time for me in the midst of her busy schedule.
她在百忙中为我腾出了时间。
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I think you should always make time to see your friends.
我认为无论何时你都应该留出看望朋友的时间。
57 PHRASE (旅途)比预期的快 If you say that you made good time on a journey, you mean it did not take you very long compared to the length of time you expected it to take. (旅途)比预期的快
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They had left early in the morning, on quiet roads, and made good time.
他们一大早出发，一路上人车稀少，走得比预期快多了。
58 PHRASE 弥补过去损失的时间 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. 弥补过去损失的时间
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Five years older than the majority of officers of his same rank, he was determined to make up for lost time.
他比同一级别的大多数军官年长 5 岁，因此他决心积极努力来弥补过去损失的时间。
59 PHRASE 消磨时光;等待时机 If you are marking time, you are doing something that is not particularly useful or interesting while you wait for something more important or interesting to happen. 消磨时光;等待时机
60 PHRASE 十之八九;几乎总是 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. 十之八九;几乎总是
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When they want something, nine times out of ten they get it.
他们想要什么，十之八九都会得到。
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Ninety-nine times out of a hundred when parents say to their children 'I know how you feel', they are lying.
当父母对孩子们说“我知道你的感受”时，他们十有八九在撒谎。
61 PHRASE 有史以来最…的;前所未有的;空前的 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. 有史以来最…的;前所未有的;空前的
62 PHRASE 准时;按时 If you are on time, you are not late. 准时;按时
SYN punctual(ly), prompt(ly), on schedule, in good time
63 PHRASE 迟早的事;只是时间问题 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. 迟早的事;只是时间问题
64 PHRASE 当今;目前 When you refer to our time or our times you are referring to the present period in the history of the world. 当今;目前
65 PHRASE 消遣;打发时间 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. 消遣;打发时间
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Without particular interest and just to pass the time, I read a story.
我读了一篇故事，并非有什么特别的兴趣，仅仅为了消遣。
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During a lunch break, he and the buyer passed the time with some chitchat.
午饭休息时间，他与顾客谈天闲聊以消磨时间。
66 PHRASE [VERB inflects, oft PHR with n] 与…寒暄;与…打招呼 If you pass the time of day with someone, you have a short friendly conversation with them. 与…寒暄;与…打招呼
67 PHRASE (为争取时间)故意拖延 If you play for time, you try to make something happen more slowly, because you do not want it to happen or because you need time to think about what to do if it happens. (为争取时间)故意拖延
68 PHRASE 需要时间;耗时 If you say that something will take time, you mean that it will take a long time. 需要时间;耗时
69 PHRASE 不着急;不慌忙;慢慢来 If you take your time doing something, you do it quite slowly and do not hurry. 不着急;不慌忙;慢慢来
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'Take your time,' Cross told him. 'I'm in no hurry.'
“慢慢来，”克罗斯对他说，“我一点都不急。”
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He took his time answering, knowing that he must select his words with great care.
他意识到自己必须言辞谨慎，于是不慌不忙地回答着问题。
70 PHRASE 认时间;认钟表 If a child can tell the time, they are able to find out what the time is by looking at a clock or watch. 认时间;认钟表
71 PHRASE 反复地;屡次;一再 If something happens time after time, it happens in a similar way on many occasions. 反复地;屡次;一再
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Burns had escaped from jail time after time.
伯恩斯屡次越狱。
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Time after time, I hear these stories of missing children on the news.
我不断从新闻节目中听到这些关于孩子失踪的报道。
SYN repeatedly, many times, over and over again, often
72 PHRASE 时光飞逝 If you say that time flies, you mean that it seems to pass very quickly. 时光飞逝
73 PHRASE 过得愉快;玩得高兴 If you have the time of your life, you enjoy yourself very much indeed. 过得愉快;玩得高兴
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We're taking our little grandchild away with us. We'll make sure he has the time of his life.
我们会把小孙子带走。我们一定会让他过得开心。
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For some it was awful, for others, particularly the young, it was the time of their lives.
对某些人来说，那糟透了;而对其他人，特别是年轻人来说，那是他们无比开心的日子。
74 PHRASE 须赶快;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. 须赶快;须尽快
75 PHRASE 时间会验证 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. 时间会验证
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Only time will tell whether Broughton's optimism is justified.
只有时间会验证布劳顿的乐观是否合理。
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I can't see any problems, but time will tell.
我发现不了任何问题，但时间会验证一切。
76 PHRASE 立即;马上 If you waste no time in doing something, you take the opportunity to do it immediately or quickly. 立即;马上
77 time and again→see: again to the end of time→see: end in the fullness of time→see: fullness there's no time like the present→see: present the time is ripe→see: ripe
Quotations
But meanwhile it is flying, irretrievable time is flying Virgil Georgics
Time is the best medicine Ovid Remedia Amoris
Every instant of time is a pinprick of eternity Marcus Aurelius Meditations
Wait for that wisest of Counsellors, Time Pericles
To every thing there is a season, and a time
to every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die ...
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time of war, and a time of peace Bible: Ecclesiastes
Come what may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day William Shakespeare Macbeth
Time, the subtle thief of youth John Milton Sonnet 7
Remember that time is money Benjamin Franklin Advice to a Young Tradesman
Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them Dion Boucicault London Assurance
The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time W.B. Yeats in memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz
Time goes, you say? Ah, no!
Alas, Time stays, we go Henry Austin Dobson The Paradox of Time
Time rushes by and yet time is frozen. Funny how we get so exact about time at the end of life and at its beginning Sister Helen Prejean
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