Definition of week in English:

week

noun wiːkwik

1A period of seven days.
星期，周
the course lasts sixteen weeks
该课程持续16个星期。
he'd cut the grass a week ago
他一个星期前割了草。
Example sentencesExamples
- The truth is our patience should have been exhausted weeks and months and years ago.
- The days turned into weeks and the weeks into months until the day after the twins' fourth birthday.
- How the military action evolves in the coming weeks, months or years is open to speculation.
- I know your new years' resolutions were probably broken weeks ago, but there's always a chance to turn over a new leaf.
- His reluctance did not change in the weeks, months and years afterwards.
- The battle for a new civic hall began a year ago, within weeks of the previous hall burning down.
- So I had to spend weeks and weeks and months and months, all the way through the year, trying to find players.
- Whether you hold them for weeks, months or years, shares are simply a means to a financial end.
- He was known to work seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year, even at Christmas if needed.
- Two weeks ago my left ear gave early signs of problems, a little sore and deaf.
- The horse's regular rider Jim Culloty has been sidelined for several weeks after breaking his thumb two weeks ago.
- Planners hope to complete the program by the end of the month or the first week in February.
- Days turned into weeks and weeks into months until Alleyne and I had been gone a year.
- I look forward to sharing more of my life with you over the coming weeks, months and years.
- Psychological trauma would remain with them for weeks, months, years, or even decades.
- Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months and winter was coming to an end.
- All of them will certainly be praying for the strength to get through the next few weeks and months and years.
- The course is expected to run one day a week for seven weeks, starting Monday January 27.
- I must apologize to a reader who wrote me concerning last month's column a week or two ago.
- This was not the case if you looked at polls as recently as a month or six weeks ago.
Synonyms
break, rest, period of leave, day off, week off, month off, recess, school holiday, half-term
1. 1.1 The period of seven days generally reckoned from and to midnight on Saturday night.
  （两个星期六夜晚之间）七天的时间，周
  she has an art class twice a week
  她每周上两次艺术课。
  Example sentencesExamples
  At the moment it is potentially one night extra a week and not huge commitment, and my wife's quite used to it now.
  The factory shop will initially create two new jobs and will be open seven days a week in the run-up to Christmas.
  Looking after William, even for one Saturday every three weeks, is hard work, the pair admit.
  It has been a long week of late nights and early mornings, with busy days sandwiched in between.
  It generally is the quietest night of the week but I have never seen town so dead.
  I have been working seven days a week for the past four years and it has been pretty tiring.
  Two cars were also left burned out in one estate during the week of Bonfire Night.
  We empty it roughly twice a week in winter and much more regularly in the summer.
  Owners can use the property for two weeks in the summer season and six weeks during winter.
  We are completely sleep-deprived, running on 3 hours of sleep a night for the past week.
  Despite the harsh conditions they never take a day off, working seven days a week in any weather.
  We have made it compulsory for the first year students to attend classes twice a week in the lab.
  For the immediate future, he will be confining his training to one night a week with each team.
  Bizarre moment of the week came last night, as I was driving along Western Road in Hove.
  Please take note in your diary that there is a change of night for this week's whist.
  It often feels like you could attend a literary event every night of the week if you wanted to.
  Every night of the week someone decides to take a chance and drive home when they shouldn't.
  New figures released last week indicate that most of us are earning much more than ever before.
  Jeff and Eric are available to catch snakes at anytime of the day or night, seven days week.
  The group has drawn up a short list of candidates to replace Mellor, but will not name his successor next week.
  Having to wake up at 6am again, after a couple of weeks of late nights and late mornings, is hard.
  I haven't had as much time at home recently with late nights at work, weeks away and now assignments to plan.
2. 1.2 Workdays as opposed to the weekend; the five days from Monday to Friday.
  工作日（指星期一到星期五）
  I work during the week, so I can only get to this shop on Saturdays
  我工作日得上班，所以只有星期六才能来这个商店。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Mr Hamer said he expected to stay open to midnight on week nights and a bit later on weekends.
3. 1.3 The time spent working during a week.
  一周工作时间，工作周
  she works a 48-hour week
  她每周工作48个小时。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most of last week was spent concentrating on trying to get the pitch dry because of all the rain we had.
  The second half of the week was spent discussing issues that affect us all.
  The latter could see teachers from all four unions limiting their working weeks to 35 hours.
  On average, the working week is two hours longer in the east compared to the west.
  The union is campaigning for an increase in pay and a cut in the working week to 32 hours.
  It will not be useful to my work, as I am an office clerk, but I spent three hours each week at it.
  The following week was literally spent recovering while trying to work as usual.
  The remainder of their week is spent split evenly between the classroom and the workplace.
  Vince Dubé worked in the produce section at the store for a year before quitting two weeks ago.
  Work started a couple of weeks ago, a year after I'd first requested it.
  I spent weeks interviewing and hiring the co-op student that would replace me.
  Anyhow, it has, needless to say, been something of a busy week, mainly spent writing.
  The memo says the only alternative to redundancies would be a reduction in the working week from five to three days.
  The team's courses are run for two hours a week for seven weeks.
  The offer includes a fixed sum of three months pay plus two weeks pay for each year of service.
4. 1.4British informal Used after the name of a day to indicate that something will happen seven days after that day.
  〈非正式，主英〉（从某天算起）七天之后
  the programme will be broadcast on Sunday week
  节目将在下周星期天播出。

Phrases

a week on —

Seven days after the specified day or date.
we'll be back a week on Friday
我们一周之后的星期五返回。
Example sentencesExamples
- They entertain Lyon a week on Wednesday in their second group encounter.
- The first house warming party is being held a week on Saturday.
- He's completely changed his plans and will have to move in a week on Wednesday, when the influenza will have gone.
- Leicester's next match is against Leeds a week on Wednesday.
- The Knights' next game is against National League Two leaders Keighley at Huntington Stadium a week on Sunday.
- Meanwhile, goalkeeper Chris Porter will be given his first City start against Yeovil Town a week on Saturday.
- An announcement is expected to be made a week on Wednesday.
- A week on Sunday they are at home to Farsley in the cup.
- The Olympic flame, which left Athens on June 2, will arrive in London from Paris a week on Saturday.
- The first Test begins in Brisbane a week on Saturday.

week in, week out

Every week without exception.
一周又一周，一星期又一星期地
Example sentencesExamples
- As long as he's up there, he won't be playing against top class opposition week in, week out.
- ‘We have a vandalism problem all the time, week in, week out,’ Mr White told The Democrat.
- Murray seems to have realised he is not fit enough to stand the rigours of competing at the highest level, week in, week out.
- Unlike the European Ryder Cup side, most of the players in the President's Cup play against each other week in, week out on the PGA Tour.
- Leicester have been playing together week in, week out.
- These people do a marvellous job week in, week out.
- Our loyal supporters who turn out week in, week out always have plenty to say and they ask questions - and want answers.
- We are building up a loyal following now of people who come week in, week out to see us and that is what we had hoped for.
- He wants to be playing for Celtic week in, week out.
- He always gives 100 per cent week in, week out, is a very consistent player and is somebody youngsters can look up to.
Synonyms
repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, on many occasions, many times over
repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, day after day, on many occasions, many times over

Origin

Old English wice, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch week and German Woche, from a base probably meaning 'sequence, series'.

An Old English word that is probably from a root meaning ‘sequence, series’. The seven-day week used in the Hebrew and then the Christian calendar corresponds to the biblical creation story, in which God created the universe in six days then rested on the seventh. The Romans, who adopted it in ad 321, would have brought this week over to Britain. ‘A week is a long time in politics’ was first said by Harold Wilson, the British Labour prime minister, at the time of the 1964 sterling crisis. Wilson came up with a number of memorable phrases, including ‘the gnomes of Zurich’, to describe Swiss financiers (1956), ‘the university of the air’ (1963) as a name for the Open University, which his government founded, and ‘the pound here in Britain, in your pocket, or purse, or bank’ (1967), which is often quoted as ‘the pound in your pocket’. See also tuesday

Rhymes

antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, wreak

Definition of week in US English:

week

nounwēkwik

1A period of seven days.
星期，周
the course lasts sixteen weeks
该课程持续16个星期。
he'd cut the grass a week ago
他一个星期前割了草。
Example sentencesExamples
- Days turned into weeks and weeks into months until Alleyne and I had been gone a year.
- The horse's regular rider Jim Culloty has been sidelined for several weeks after breaking his thumb two weeks ago.
- How the military action evolves in the coming weeks, months or years is open to speculation.
- The course is expected to run one day a week for seven weeks, starting Monday January 27.
- Planners hope to complete the program by the end of the month or the first week in February.
- I look forward to sharing more of my life with you over the coming weeks, months and years.
- Whether you hold them for weeks, months or years, shares are simply a means to a financial end.
- So I had to spend weeks and weeks and months and months, all the way through the year, trying to find players.
- The truth is our patience should have been exhausted weeks and months and years ago.
- Psychological trauma would remain with them for weeks, months, years, or even decades.
- The days turned into weeks and the weeks into months until the day after the twins' fourth birthday.
- Two weeks ago my left ear gave early signs of problems, a little sore and deaf.
- I must apologize to a reader who wrote me concerning last month's column a week or two ago.
- This was not the case if you looked at polls as recently as a month or six weeks ago.
- All of them will certainly be praying for the strength to get through the next few weeks and months and years.
- His reluctance did not change in the weeks, months and years afterwards.
- The battle for a new civic hall began a year ago, within weeks of the previous hall burning down.
- I know your new years' resolutions were probably broken weeks ago, but there's always a chance to turn over a new leaf.
- Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months and winter was coming to an end.
- He was known to work seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year, even at Christmas if needed.
Synonyms
break, rest, period of leave, day off, week off, month off, recess, school holiday, half-term
1. 1.1 The period of seven days generally reckoned from and to midnight on Saturday night.
  （两个星期六夜晚之间）七天的时间，周
  she has an art class twice a week
  她每周上两次艺术课。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Every night of the week someone decides to take a chance and drive home when they shouldn't.
  It often feels like you could attend a literary event every night of the week if you wanted to.
  We are completely sleep-deprived, running on 3 hours of sleep a night for the past week.
  Please take note in your diary that there is a change of night for this week's whist.
  Two cars were also left burned out in one estate during the week of Bonfire Night.
  Bizarre moment of the week came last night, as I was driving along Western Road in Hove.
  Having to wake up at 6am again, after a couple of weeks of late nights and late mornings, is hard.
  The group has drawn up a short list of candidates to replace Mellor, but will not name his successor next week.
  We have made it compulsory for the first year students to attend classes twice a week in the lab.
  Despite the harsh conditions they never take a day off, working seven days a week in any weather.
  Jeff and Eric are available to catch snakes at anytime of the day or night, seven days week.
  For the immediate future, he will be confining his training to one night a week with each team.
  It has been a long week of late nights and early mornings, with busy days sandwiched in between.
  I haven't had as much time at home recently with late nights at work, weeks away and now assignments to plan.
  I have been working seven days a week for the past four years and it has been pretty tiring.
  At the moment it is potentially one night extra a week and not huge commitment, and my wife's quite used to it now.
  We empty it roughly twice a week in winter and much more regularly in the summer.
  It generally is the quietest night of the week but I have never seen town so dead.
  Owners can use the property for two weeks in the summer season and six weeks during winter.
  The factory shop will initially create two new jobs and will be open seven days a week in the run-up to Christmas.
  New figures released last week indicate that most of us are earning much more than ever before.
  Looking after William, even for one Saturday every three weeks, is hard work, the pair admit.
2. 1.2 Workdays as opposed to the weekend; the five days from Monday to Friday.
  工作日（指星期一到星期五）
  I work during the week, so I can only get to this shop on Saturdays
  我工作日得上班，所以只有星期六才能来这个商店。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Mr Hamer said he expected to stay open to midnight on week nights and a bit later on weekends.
3. 1.3 The time spent working in the workday period of five to seven days.
  一周工作时间，工作周
  she works a 48-hour week
  她每周工作48个小时。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The following week was literally spent recovering while trying to work as usual.
  The memo says the only alternative to redundancies would be a reduction in the working week from five to three days.
  Vince Dubé worked in the produce section at the store for a year before quitting two weeks ago.
  The union is campaigning for an increase in pay and a cut in the working week to 32 hours.
  The offer includes a fixed sum of three months pay plus two weeks pay for each year of service.
  The remainder of their week is spent split evenly between the classroom and the workplace.
  Anyhow, it has, needless to say, been something of a busy week, mainly spent writing.
  The team's courses are run for two hours a week for seven weeks.
  On average, the working week is two hours longer in the east compared to the west.
  The second half of the week was spent discussing issues that affect us all.
  I spent weeks interviewing and hiring the co-op student that would replace me.
  Most of last week was spent concentrating on trying to get the pitch dry because of all the rain we had.
  Work started a couple of weeks ago, a year after I'd first requested it.
  The latter could see teachers from all four unions limiting their working weeks to 35 hours.
  It will not be useful to my work, as I am an office clerk, but I spent three hours each week at it.
4. 1.4 A period of five or seven days devoted to a specified purpose or beginning on a specified day.
  Super Bowl week
  the week of June 23
5. 1.5British informal Used after the name of a day to indicate that something will happen seven days after that day.
  〈非正式，主英〉（从某天算起）七天之后
  the program will be broadcast on Sunday week
  节目将在下周星期天播出。

Phrases

week in, week out

Every week without exception.
一周又一周，一星期又一星期地
Example sentencesExamples
- Leicester have been playing together week in, week out.
- He wants to be playing for Celtic week in, week out.
- Unlike the European Ryder Cup side, most of the players in the President's Cup play against each other week in, week out on the PGA Tour.
- He always gives 100 per cent week in, week out, is a very consistent player and is somebody youngsters can look up to.
- ‘We have a vandalism problem all the time, week in, week out,’ Mr White told The Democrat.
- As long as he's up there, he won't be playing against top class opposition week in, week out.
- Murray seems to have realised he is not fit enough to stand the rigours of competing at the highest level, week in, week out.
- We are building up a loyal following now of people who come week in, week out to see us and that is what we had hoped for.
- Our loyal supporters who turn out week in, week out always have plenty to say and they ask questions - and want answers.
- These people do a marvellous job week in, week out.
Synonyms
repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, on many occasions, many times over
repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, day after day, on many occasions, many times over

week after week

During each successive week, especially over a long period.
week after week of overcast skies
Example sentencesExamples
- The same faces keep showing up at the pay window, week after week.
- Yet here he is, week after week, and he's here by choice.
- You need at least one person who can devote at least 20 hours a week to it, week after week.
- It is one more example of turning a five-minute comedy routine into the same jokes week after week.
- Over the next four months, I found myself drawn back week after week, hoping to understand the magic.
- I was doing the same workouts week after week - too much cardio and almost no weight training.
- He came to our house week after week, going home on Friday afternoon and returning on Sunday evening.
- Lives are wrecked week after week as so-called scandals are broken
- Viewers are turning these shows on week after week.
- There are many stories played out week after week but who is telling them?
- In its first year, this event had proved to be a tremendous success, attracting big crowds week after week.
- I can hardly stand seeing him in so much pain, day after day, week after week.
- Or maybe I'll just give it to the people who actually tune into these shows week after week.
- These companies were made up of a permanent cast of actors who presented different plays week after week.

week by week

Gradually and steadily over the weeks.
Monday evening demonstrations grew week by week
Example sentencesExamples
- The prize money is mounting week by week and now stands at £4,700.
- He said: ‘Only last week, traders complained to me that trade is falling week by week.’
- We're getting stronger week by week and we're adding players to improve the squad.
- I watched them grow week by week, touch by touch.
- This sort of decision should be made week by week or month by month.
- The image of the town continues to change practically week by week.
- Since that win the confidence has grown week by week.
- There's a website that documents the production of the film, week by week.
- We're addressing things week by week and we're starting to get more and more understanding about what we're doing.
- He said the company was growing, winning new business week by week and was expecting to make announcements about new contracts soon.

a week from —

Used to state that something is due to happen seven days after the specified day or date.
某个日子七天之后
we'll be back a week from Friday
我们一周之后的星期五返回。
Example sentencesExamples
- They entertain Lyon a week on Wednesday in their second group encounter.
- He's completely changed his plans and will have to move in a week on Wednesday, when the influenza will have gone.
- Leicester's next match is against Leeds a week on Wednesday.
- The first house warming party is being held a week on Saturday.
- The first Test begins in Brisbane a week on Saturday.
- An announcement is expected to be made a week on Wednesday.
- The Knights' next game is against National League Two leaders Keighley at Huntington Stadium a week on Sunday.
- The Olympic flame, which left Athens on June 2, will arrive in London from Paris a week on Saturday.
- A week on Sunday they are at home to Farsley in the cup.
- Meanwhile, goalkeeper Chris Porter will be given his first City start against Yeovil Town a week on Saturday.

Origin

Old English wice, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch week and German Woche, from a base probably meaning ‘sequence, series’.

单词	week
释义	Definition of week in English: week noun wiːkwik 1A period of seven days. 星期，周 the course lasts sixteen weeks 该课程持续16个星期。 he'd cut the grass a week ago 他一个星期前割了草。 Example sentencesExamples The truth is our patience should have been exhausted weeks and months and years ago. The days turned into weeks and the weeks into months until the day after the twins' fourth birthday. How the military action evolves in the coming weeks, months or years is open to speculation. I know your new years' resolutions were probably broken weeks ago, but there's always a chance to turn over a new leaf. His reluctance did not change in the weeks, months and years afterwards. The battle for a new civic hall began a year ago, within weeks of the previous hall burning down. So I had to spend weeks and weeks and months and months, all the way through the year, trying to find players. Whether you hold them for weeks, months or years, shares are simply a means to a financial end. He was known to work seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year, even at Christmas if needed. Two weeks ago my left ear gave early signs of problems, a little sore and deaf. The horse's regular rider Jim Culloty has been sidelined for several weeks after breaking his thumb two weeks ago. Planners hope to complete the program by the end of the month or the first week in February. Days turned into weeks and weeks into months until Alleyne and I had been gone a year. I look forward to sharing more of my life with you over the coming weeks, months and years. Psychological trauma would remain with them for weeks, months, years, or even decades. Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months and winter was coming to an end. All of them will certainly be praying for the strength to get through the next few weeks and months and years. The course is expected to run one day a week for seven weeks, starting Monday January 27. I must apologize to a reader who wrote me concerning last month's column a week or two ago. This was not the case if you looked at polls as recently as a month or six weeks ago. Synonyms break, rest, period of leave, day off, week off, month off, recess, school holiday, half-term 1.1 The period of seven days generally reckoned from and to midnight on Saturday night. （两个星期六夜晚之间）七天的时间，周 she has an art class twice a week 她每周上两次艺术课。 Example sentencesExamples At the moment it is potentially one night extra a week and not huge commitment, and my wife's quite used to it now. The factory shop will initially create two new jobs and will be open seven days a week in the run-up to Christmas. Looking after William, even for one Saturday every three weeks, is hard work, the pair admit. It has been a long week of late nights and early mornings, with busy days sandwiched in between. It generally is the quietest night of the week but I have never seen town so dead. I have been working seven days a week for the past four years and it has been pretty tiring. Two cars were also left burned out in one estate during the week of Bonfire Night. We empty it roughly twice a week in winter and much more regularly in the summer. Owners can use the property for two weeks in the summer season and six weeks during winter. We are completely sleep-deprived, running on 3 hours of sleep a night for the past week. Despite the harsh conditions they never take a day off, working seven days a week in any weather. We have made it compulsory for the first year students to attend classes twice a week in the lab. For the immediate future, he will be confining his training to one night a week with each team. Bizarre moment of the week came last night, as I was driving along Western Road in Hove. Please take note in your diary that there is a change of night for this week's whist. It often feels like you could attend a literary event every night of the week if you wanted to. Every night of the week someone decides to take a chance and drive home when they shouldn't. New figures released last week indicate that most of us are earning much more than ever before. Jeff and Eric are available to catch snakes at anytime of the day or night, seven days week. The group has drawn up a short list of candidates to replace Mellor, but will not name his successor next week. Having to wake up at 6am again, after a couple of weeks of late nights and late mornings, is hard. I haven't had as much time at home recently with late nights at work, weeks away and now assignments to plan. 1.2 Workdays as opposed to the weekend; the five days from Monday to Friday. 工作日（指星期一到星期五） I work during the week, so I can only get to this shop on Saturdays 我工作日得上班，所以只有星期六才能来这个商店。 Example sentencesExamples Mr Hamer said he expected to stay open to midnight on week nights and a bit later on weekends. 1.3 The time spent working during a week. 一周工作时间，工作周 she works a 48-hour week 她每周工作48个小时。 Example sentencesExamples Most of last week was spent concentrating on trying to get the pitch dry because of all the rain we had. The second half of the week was spent discussing issues that affect us all. The latter could see teachers from all four unions limiting their working weeks to 35 hours. On average, the working week is two hours longer in the east compared to the west. The union is campaigning for an increase in pay and a cut in the working week to 32 hours. It will not be useful to my work, as I am an office clerk, but I spent three hours each week at it. The following week was literally spent recovering while trying to work as usual. The remainder of their week is spent split evenly between the classroom and the workplace. Vince Dubé worked in the produce section at the store for a year before quitting two weeks ago. Work started a couple of weeks ago, a year after I'd first requested it. I spent weeks interviewing and hiring the co-op student that would replace me. Anyhow, it has, needless to say, been something of a busy week, mainly spent writing. The memo says the only alternative to redundancies would be a reduction in the working week from five to three days. The team's courses are run for two hours a week for seven weeks. The offer includes a fixed sum of three months pay plus two weeks pay for each year of service. 1.4British informal Used after the name of a day to indicate that something will happen seven days after that day. 〈非正式，主英〉（从某天算起）七天之后 the programme will be broadcast on Sunday week 节目将在下周星期天播出。 Phrases a week on — Seven days after the specified day or date. we'll be back a week on Friday 我们一周之后的星期五返回。 Example sentencesExamples They entertain Lyon a week on Wednesday in their second group encounter. The first house warming party is being held a week on Saturday. He's completely changed his plans and will have to move in a week on Wednesday, when the influenza will have gone. Leicester's next match is against Leeds a week on Wednesday. The Knights' next game is against National League Two leaders Keighley at Huntington Stadium a week on Sunday. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Chris Porter will be given his first City start against Yeovil Town a week on Saturday. An announcement is expected to be made a week on Wednesday. A week on Sunday they are at home to Farsley in the cup. The Olympic flame, which left Athens on June 2, will arrive in London from Paris a week on Saturday. The first Test begins in Brisbane a week on Saturday. week in, week out Every week without exception. 一周又一周，一星期又一星期地 Example sentencesExamples As long as he's up there, he won't be playing against top class opposition week in, week out. ‘We have a vandalism problem all the time, week in, week out,’ Mr White told The Democrat. Murray seems to have realised he is not fit enough to stand the rigours of competing at the highest level, week in, week out. Unlike the European Ryder Cup side, most of the players in the President's Cup play against each other week in, week out on the PGA Tour. Leicester have been playing together week in, week out. These people do a marvellous job week in, week out. Our loyal supporters who turn out week in, week out always have plenty to say and they ask questions - and want answers. We are building up a loyal following now of people who come week in, week out to see us and that is what we had hoped for. He wants to be playing for Celtic week in, week out. He always gives 100 per cent week in, week out, is a very consistent player and is somebody youngsters can look up to. Synonyms repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, on many occasions, many times over repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, day after day, on many occasions, many times over Origin Old English wice, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch week and German Woche, from a base probably meaning 'sequence, series'. An Old English word that is probably from a root meaning ‘sequence, series’. The seven-day week used in the Hebrew and then the Christian calendar corresponds to the biblical creation story, in which God created the universe in six days then rested on the seventh. The Romans, who adopted it in ad 321, would have brought this week over to Britain. ‘A week is a long time in politics’ was first said by Harold Wilson, the British Labour prime minister, at the time of the 1964 sterling crisis. Wilson came up with a number of memorable phrases, including ‘the gnomes of Zurich’, to describe Swiss financiers (1956), ‘the university of the air’ (1963) as a name for the Open University, which his government founded, and ‘the pound here in Britain, in your pocket, or purse, or bank’ (1967), which is often quoted as ‘the pound in your pocket’. See also tuesday Rhymes antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, wreak noun.1 phr. Definition of week in US English: week nounwēkwik 1A period of seven days. 星期，周 the course lasts sixteen weeks 该课程持续16个星期。 he'd cut the grass a week ago 他一个星期前割了草。 Example sentencesExamples Days turned into weeks and weeks into months until Alleyne and I had been gone a year. The horse's regular rider Jim Culloty has been sidelined for several weeks after breaking his thumb two weeks ago. How the military action evolves in the coming weeks, months or years is open to speculation. The course is expected to run one day a week for seven weeks, starting Monday January 27. Planners hope to complete the program by the end of the month or the first week in February. I look forward to sharing more of my life with you over the coming weeks, months and years. Whether you hold them for weeks, months or years, shares are simply a means to a financial end. So I had to spend weeks and weeks and months and months, all the way through the year, trying to find players. The truth is our patience should have been exhausted weeks and months and years ago. Psychological trauma would remain with them for weeks, months, years, or even decades. The days turned into weeks and the weeks into months until the day after the twins' fourth birthday. Two weeks ago my left ear gave early signs of problems, a little sore and deaf. I must apologize to a reader who wrote me concerning last month's column a week or two ago. This was not the case if you looked at polls as recently as a month or six weeks ago. All of them will certainly be praying for the strength to get through the next few weeks and months and years. His reluctance did not change in the weeks, months and years afterwards. The battle for a new civic hall began a year ago, within weeks of the previous hall burning down. I know your new years' resolutions were probably broken weeks ago, but there's always a chance to turn over a new leaf. Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months and winter was coming to an end. He was known to work seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year, even at Christmas if needed. Synonyms break, rest, period of leave, day off, week off, month off, recess, school holiday, half-term 1.1 The period of seven days generally reckoned from and to midnight on Saturday night. （两个星期六夜晚之间）七天的时间，周 she has an art class twice a week 她每周上两次艺术课。 Example sentencesExamples Every night of the week someone decides to take a chance and drive home when they shouldn't. It often feels like you could attend a literary event every night of the week if you wanted to. We are completely sleep-deprived, running on 3 hours of sleep a night for the past week. Please take note in your diary that there is a change of night for this week's whist. Two cars were also left burned out in one estate during the week of Bonfire Night. Bizarre moment of the week came last night, as I was driving along Western Road in Hove. Having to wake up at 6am again, after a couple of weeks of late nights and late mornings, is hard. The group has drawn up a short list of candidates to replace Mellor, but will not name his successor next week. We have made it compulsory for the first year students to attend classes twice a week in the lab. Despite the harsh conditions they never take a day off, working seven days a week in any weather. Jeff and Eric are available to catch snakes at anytime of the day or night, seven days week. For the immediate future, he will be confining his training to one night a week with each team. It has been a long week of late nights and early mornings, with busy days sandwiched in between. I haven't had as much time at home recently with late nights at work, weeks away and now assignments to plan. I have been working seven days a week for the past four years and it has been pretty tiring. At the moment it is potentially one night extra a week and not huge commitment, and my wife's quite used to it now. We empty it roughly twice a week in winter and much more regularly in the summer. It generally is the quietest night of the week but I have never seen town so dead. Owners can use the property for two weeks in the summer season and six weeks during winter. The factory shop will initially create two new jobs and will be open seven days a week in the run-up to Christmas. New figures released last week indicate that most of us are earning much more than ever before. Looking after William, even for one Saturday every three weeks, is hard work, the pair admit. 1.2 Workdays as opposed to the weekend; the five days from Monday to Friday. 工作日（指星期一到星期五） I work during the week, so I can only get to this shop on Saturdays 我工作日得上班，所以只有星期六才能来这个商店。 Example sentencesExamples Mr Hamer said he expected to stay open to midnight on week nights and a bit later on weekends. 1.3 The time spent working in the workday period of five to seven days. 一周工作时间，工作周 she works a 48-hour week 她每周工作48个小时。 Example sentencesExamples The following week was literally spent recovering while trying to work as usual. The memo says the only alternative to redundancies would be a reduction in the working week from five to three days. Vince Dubé worked in the produce section at the store for a year before quitting two weeks ago. The union is campaigning for an increase in pay and a cut in the working week to 32 hours. The offer includes a fixed sum of three months pay plus two weeks pay for each year of service. The remainder of their week is spent split evenly between the classroom and the workplace. Anyhow, it has, needless to say, been something of a busy week, mainly spent writing. The team's courses are run for two hours a week for seven weeks. On average, the working week is two hours longer in the east compared to the west. The second half of the week was spent discussing issues that affect us all. I spent weeks interviewing and hiring the co-op student that would replace me. Most of last week was spent concentrating on trying to get the pitch dry because of all the rain we had. Work started a couple of weeks ago, a year after I'd first requested it. The latter could see teachers from all four unions limiting their working weeks to 35 hours. It will not be useful to my work, as I am an office clerk, but I spent three hours each week at it. 1.4 A period of five or seven days devoted to a specified purpose or beginning on a specified day. Super Bowl week the week of June 23 1.5British informal Used after the name of a day to indicate that something will happen seven days after that day. 〈非正式，主英〉（从某天算起）七天之后 the program will be broadcast on Sunday week 节目将在下周星期天播出。 Phrases week in, week out Every week without exception. 一周又一周，一星期又一星期地 Example sentencesExamples Leicester have been playing together week in, week out. He wants to be playing for Celtic week in, week out. Unlike the European Ryder Cup side, most of the players in the President's Cup play against each other week in, week out on the PGA Tour. He always gives 100 per cent week in, week out, is a very consistent player and is somebody youngsters can look up to. ‘We have a vandalism problem all the time, week in, week out,’ Mr White told The Democrat. As long as he's up there, he won't be playing against top class opposition week in, week out. Murray seems to have realised he is not fit enough to stand the rigours of competing at the highest level, week in, week out. We are building up a loyal following now of people who come week in, week out to see us and that is what we had hoped for. Our loyal supporters who turn out week in, week out always have plenty to say and they ask questions - and want answers. These people do a marvellous job week in, week out. Synonyms repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, on many occasions, many times over repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, day after day, on many occasions, many times over week after week During each successive week, especially over a long period. week after week of overcast skies Example sentencesExamples The same faces keep showing up at the pay window, week after week. Yet here he is, week after week, and he's here by choice. You need at least one person who can devote at least 20 hours a week to it, week after week. It is one more example of turning a five-minute comedy routine into the same jokes week after week. Over the next four months, I found myself drawn back week after week, hoping to understand the magic. I was doing the same workouts week after week - too much cardio and almost no weight training. He came to our house week after week, going home on Friday afternoon and returning on Sunday evening. Lives are wrecked week after week as so-called scandals are broken Viewers are turning these shows on week after week. There are many stories played out week after week but who is telling them? In its first year, this event had proved to be a tremendous success, attracting big crowds week after week. I can hardly stand seeing him in so much pain, day after day, week after week. Or maybe I'll just give it to the people who actually tune into these shows week after week. These companies were made up of a permanent cast of actors who presented different plays week after week. week by week Gradually and steadily over the weeks. Monday evening demonstrations grew week by week Example sentencesExamples The prize money is mounting week by week and now stands at £4,700. He said: ‘Only last week, traders complained to me that trade is falling week by week.’ We're getting stronger week by week and we're adding players to improve the squad. I watched them grow week by week, touch by touch. This sort of decision should be made week by week or month by month. The image of the town continues to change practically week by week. Since that win the confidence has grown week by week. There's a website that documents the production of the film, week by week. We're addressing things week by week and we're starting to get more and more understanding about what we're doing. He said the company was growing, winning new business week by week and was expecting to make announcements about new contracts soon. a week from — Used to state that something is due to happen seven days after the specified day or date. 某个日子七天之后 we'll be back a week from Friday 我们一周之后的星期五返回。 Example sentencesExamples They entertain Lyon a week on Wednesday in their second group encounter. He's completely changed his plans and will have to move in a week on Wednesday, when the influenza will have gone. Leicester's next match is against Leeds a week on Wednesday. The first house warming party is being held a week on Saturday. The first Test begins in Brisbane a week on Saturday. An announcement is expected to be made a week on Wednesday. The Knights' next game is against National League Two leaders Keighley at Huntington Stadium a week on Sunday. The Olympic flame, which left Athens on June 2, will arrive in London from Paris a week on Saturday. A week on Sunday they are at home to Farsley in the cup. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Chris Porter will be given his first City start against Yeovil Town a week on Saturday. Origin Old English wice, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch week and German Woche, from a base probably meaning ‘sequence, series’. noun.1 phr.
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