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time MINUTES/DAYS/YEARStaImn [U]that part of existence which is measured in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc., or this process considered as a whole时间All things exist in space and time.所有的东西都存在于时间和空间中。As time passed, he slowly recovered from his injuries.随着时间的流逝，他慢慢地从伤痛中恢复过来。She grew more and more fascinated by the subject as time went on/by.随着时间的流逝，她对这门学科越来越感兴趣。People may have done that when you were young, Dad, but time has moved/marched on since then (= things have changed as years have gone past).爸爸，在你年轻的时候人们可能会那样做，但是时间改变了一切。(fig.) I saw the car coming straight towards me, and for a moment time stood still (= it seemed as if the process of movement from one second to the next had stopped).我看见这辆车朝我直开过来，一瞬间时间仿佛凝住了。The curtains have faded over/with time (= as years have gone past).随着岁月的流逝，窗帘褪色了。You'll forget her in time (= in the future).你将来会忘记她的。Over the course of time (= as years have gone past), holes have formed in the rock.随着岁月的流逝，岩石里有了洞。The doctor says that in the course of time (= after weeks, months, etc. have gone past), the scars will fade.医生说过一段时间伤疤会逐渐退去的。I only worked there for a short period of time.我只在那儿工作了一小段时间。In his resignation statement, the minister said that he wanted to be able to spend more time with his family.在辞职报告中，这位部长说他想能够有更多的时间和他的家人在一起。(fig.) I'm not doing much at the moment, just killing time (= doing very little while I wait for something, esp. a planned activity, to happen) till the next school term begins.我目前没有做什么事，只是打发时间等下学期开学。He said that he would love her for all time (= always).他说他会始终爱她。If you carry on driving like that, it'll only be a matter/question of time before you have an accident (= you will have an accident at some point in the future).如果你继续像那样开车的话，出事故只是一个时间问题。She's been called the greatest opera singer of all time (= ever to have lived).人们称她为前所未有的最伟大的歌剧演唱家。If you say that time is on your side, or that you have time on your side, you mean that you do not have to do quickly whatever it is that you want or have to do.有充裕的时间We don't have to make a final decision till next week, so we've got time on our side.下星期之前我们不必作出最后的决定，所以我们有充裕的时间。(Only) time will/can tell (= We will discover in the future) whether we made the right decision.（只有）时间能证明，我们的决定是否正确。On her wedding day, she followed the time-honoured (= valued and respected because of having existed for many years) custom/tradition/practice of wearing something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.在她结婚的那一天，她遵循由来已久的习俗/传统/惯例穿着旧的，新的，借来的，蓝色的衣服。(esp. in stories and films) A time machine is a machine in which people can travel into the past or the future.时间机器（可载人进入过去或未来）The school uses the old, time-tested approaches to/methods of (= those which have been in use for a long period, and have been proved to work well for) teaching children to read.这个学校用老一套的，久经时间考验被证明有效的方法来教孩子阅读。"Dr Who" is a popular British television programme about time travel (= the theoretical process of travelling into the past or the future).《玄乎博士》是英国一个受人欢迎的关于穿越时空旅行的电视节目。A time warp is a theoretical change in the measurement of time in which people and events from one part of history are imagined as existing in another part.时间变异（间断或暂停，将某一历史时期的事件或人物想象成存在于另一时期）(fig.) He's living in a time warp (= He is old-fashioned).他是个老派的人。(saying) 'Time and tide wait for no man/ no one'means people cannot stop hours, weeks, etc. going past, therefore you should not delay doing things.岁月不待人。(saying) 'Time heals (all wounds)/Time's a (great) healer' means that a painful or difficult situation gets better after a number of days, months, etc. have gone past.时间治愈一切。/时间是治愈创伤的良药。(saying) 'Time flies/Doesn't time fly?' means that hours, weeks, years, etc. go past quickly. Often used to express surprise that so many weeks, etc. have gone past since you saw someone or while you have been doing something. People also sometimes say 'Time flies when you're having fun.'时间飞逝。/时间怎么过得这么快?人们有时候说‘人玩得快乐的时候，时间就过得快。’(saying) 'Time passes/Time moves on' is also used to express surprise that so many weeks, etc. have gone past since they saw someone or something happened.时间过得太快了。(saying) 'Time is money'means that you should not do nothing, or do something for which you do not get paid, when you could be working and earning money.时间就是金钱。(saying) 'Time is of the essence' means that it is important to do the particular activity you are doing quickly.时间是关键。(saying) 'Time hangs heavy' means that minutes, hours, weeks etc. seem to go past very slowly.时间难以打发Time hangs heavy when you have nothing to do.没事做的时候，时间就难以打发。"Time, time, time is on our side, yes it is" (The Rolling Stones in the song Time is on my side, 1982) “时间，时间，我们有充足的时间，确实如此”（滚石乐队的《我有时间》，1982年）"Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away" (from the hymn Our God, Our Help in Ages Past by Isaac Watts, 1719) “时间就像永不停息滚滚向前的河流, 带走了它所有的子孙”（选自艾萨克.瓦茨的赞美诗《在过去的年代中我们的上帝，我们的得救》）"As time goes by" (title of a song written by Herman Hupfeld, sung in the film Casablanca, 1931)《时间流逝》（歌名，由赫尔曼.赫普菲尔德所作, 影片《卡萨布兰卡》中的插曲）"But at my back I always hear/ Time's winged Chariot hurrying near" (Andrew Marvell in the poem To his Coy Mistress, 1681) “但是在我的背后我总是听到/时间的安有翅膀的马车匆匆逼近”（安德鲁·马韦尔的诗《致他那怕羞的情人》)
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