| 单词 | by the minute |
| 释义 | by the minuteby the minute (also every minute, minute by minute)INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETC used to say that something continues quickly becoming greater, stronger etc 每时每刻，越来越 She was getting angrier by the minute. 她越来越生气。 His voice was getting stronger every minute. 他的声音越来越高亢。 Examples from the Corpus by the minute• Medical technology changes almost by the minute.• I became angrier by the minute, but I could not convey to them why I was so upset.• By late Friday evening, the campsite was already half full with more campers arriving by the minute.• More were arriving by the minute, but were not coming up the track.• It was getting darker by the minute.• Extra police had been brought in, but the Bridgeport mob grew by the minute.• I could feel my attitude souring by the minute.• Its innovation and principal selling point was that it bills by the second rather than by the minute.• Now it's getting more violent by the minute. → by the minute at minute1(2) |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉双解词典包含283110条英汉词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。