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time PERIODtaImna particular period of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc. for which something has been happening, or which is needed for something, or which is available for something一段时间I enjoyed my course at first, but after a time I got bored with it. [U]起先我很喜欢我的课程，但是过了一段时间以后我就对它厌倦了。They only stayed for a short time (= a short period). [U]他们只呆了一小会儿。That was the best restaurant I've been to for/in a long time (= a long period has gone past since I went to such a good restaurant). [U]那是长时间以来我去过的最好的饭店。I used to live in New York, but that's a long time ago now (= a long period of months, years, etc. has gone past since then). [U]我过去住在纽约，但是那是很久以前的事了。It was some time ago that I last heard from her. [U]距我最后一次收到她的信已有一段时间了。We're going on holiday in two weeks'time (= after two weeks have gone past). [U]我们两星期后去度假。During her time (= While she was) in office, the Prime Minister introduced a large number of changes. [U]在她执政期间，首相推行了大量的改革。"Where did you go for your holiday?" "We spent some time/some of the time/part of the time (= the period for which the holiday lasted) in Florence, and part of the time in Rome." [U] “假期你们去了哪里？”“我们一部分时间在佛罗伦萨，一部分时间在罗马。”"Do your children get on well together?" "Yes, most of the time (= the period during which they are together)." [U] “你们的孩子相处得好吗？”“是的，大部分时间很好。”When Paula was ill, I took her some magazines to help her pass the time (= to give her something to do so that it did not seem as if the hours, etc. were going past slowly). [U]波拉生病时，我给她带去一些杂志帮她消磨时间。If you'd taken more time with/over (= spent more hours doing) this essay, you could have done it much better. [U]如果你在这篇文章上多花一些时间，你本可以做得更好。It takes a long time (= many hours are needed) to get from London to Sydney. [U]从伦敦到悉尼要花很长时间。We'd save time on our journey (= It would be quicker) if we went by train. [U]如果我们乘火车去的话, 我们会在旅程上节约时间。If you have got time, you have enough time to do something.有时间We haven't got much time before the train leaves. [U]在火车开之前我们没有多少时间。Have you got time for a quick drink after work? [U]下班后，你有没有匆匆喝一杯的时间?I'd like to learn to sail, but I haven't got the time (= I am too busy). [U]我想学驾船，但是我没有时间。I haven't got time to go to the shops today. [U + to infinitive]今天我没有时间去商店买东西。If you find (the) time, you arrange to have enough time to do something.安排出时间; 抽出时间I don't know how you find time to do all the things you do. [U + to infinitive]我不知道你是怎么抽出时间来做你做的所有的事。I'd like to help you, but I don't think I'll be able to find the time today. [U]我愿意帮你，但是我想今天我抽不出时间来。If you give someone time, you allow them a number of hours, weeks, etc. in which to do something.给…时间Can you give me some more time to pay back the money I owe you? [U]你能给我更多一些时间来偿还欠你的钱吗？You'll forget her, given time (= in the future). [U]过一段时间，你就会忘记她的。If you have time to kill, you have nothing to do for that particular period.消磨时间; 打发时间We've got some time to kill before our train arrives -- shall we have a drink? [U]在火车到达之前我们有一些时间要打发----去喝一杯好吗？I'd love to stop and chat but I'm rather pressed for time (= am in a hurry). [U]我真想停下来闲聊, 但是我的时间非常紧。She didn't finish her exam paper because she ran out of time (= there were not enough hours, etc. available for her to finish). [U]她没有做完她的试题, 因为时间来不及了。If you'd got on with your work instead of wasting time (= not making good use of the hours, etc. that you have available) chatting, you'd be finished by now. [U]如果你不停地工作而不是浪费时间闲聊，你现在就能完成了。Stop wasting my time (= causing me not to make good use of the hours, etc. that I have available for doing things) with your stupid questions. [U]别再用你的愚蠢的问题来浪费我的时间。If you have or take time off, you stop what you are doing, esp. working, in order to do something else.抽出时间做某事I asked my boss if I could have some time off to go to the dentist. [U]我问老板是否可以抽出一些时间去看牙医。He's taken some time off from his job in order to travel round the world. [U]他从自己的工作中抽出了一些时间来环游世界。What do you like doing in your spare/free time (= when you're not working)? [U]你业余时间喜欢干什么？Your time in a race is the number of minutes, hours, etc. you take to complete it.（赛跑中）所用的时间Her time for the marathon was just under three hours. [C]她的马拉松跑的成绩还不到3小时。They're trying to improve their times. [C]他们正尝试着提高他们的赛跑成绩。That result was the fastest time in the world so far this year. [C]那个比赛结果是到目前为止今年世界上最快的成绩。He won the 100 metres in record time. [U]他以创记录的时间赢得了100米跑的胜利。(fig.) We got here in record time (= very quickly). [U]我们以创记录的时间到达了那儿。I wish you'd stop criticizing me all the time (= continuously).我希望你别再一直批评我。The doctor made me feel as if she had all the time in the world (= a large number of hours, etc. available) to listen to my problems.这个医生使我感到似乎她有很多时间来倾听我的问题。To do/serve time is to spend a period of weeks, months, years, etc. in prison.服刑It's not always easy to find a job after you've done time. /She's serving time for murder, though she claims she is innocent.服刑后要找工作总是不容易。/她因谋杀而服刑, 虽然她声称她是无罪的。If you do something for a time, you do it for a short period.一些时候; 一小段时间For a time, we all thought that Sheila and Frank would get married.有一段时间，我们都认为希拉和弗兰克会结婚。You lived in London for a time, didn't you?你在伦敦住了一些时候，是吗？Leave the ironing for the time being (= for a limited period) -- I'll do it later.暂且放一放要烫的衣服----我晚些时候来烫。If you say that you have a lot of time for someone, it means that you like them and have a good opinion of them.对…有好感; 喜欢If you have no time for them, you do not like them and do not want to be involved with them.对…没有好感; 讨厌I have a lot of time for people who help with charity work.我对帮助慈善工作的人很有好感。She has no time/She doesn't have much time for her son-in-law.她讨厌她的女婿。/ 她对她的女婿没有什么好感。Now that her children are all at school, Mary has found that she has time on her hands (= has nothing to do), so she is taking a college course.由于孩子都上学了，玛丽发现她空着没事干，所以她在修一门大学课程。If you do something in no time (at all)/in less than no time (at all)/in next to no time (at all), you do it quickly or soon.立刻; 马上; 很快The children ate their dinner in no time.孩子们很快吃完了饭。We'll be home in next to no time.我们马上就到家了。If you say there is or that you have no time to lose, it means that you must do quickly whatever it is that you want to do.抓紧时间; 没时间耽搁Come on, there's no time to lose, we must get home before John finds out where we've been.赶快，没有时间耽搁了，我们必须在约翰发现我们去了哪里之前到家。If you take your time, you do something slowly.慢慢做Take your time, there's no hurry.慢慢做，不急。He's certainly taken his time in answering my letter.他肯定不急着给我回信。The council have taken their time to repair the road. [+ to infinitive]市政会并不急着修这条路。(infml) OK everyone, time's up (= there are no more minutes, etc. available) for this week -- see you all again at next week's class.好吧，各位，这星期的课就上到这里----下星期的课上再见。(Am and Aus infml) "Sorry, folks, we're (all) out of time now (= there are no more minutes, etc. available). See you next week, " said the host of the television game show. [U] (美，澳)“很遗憾，各位，现在我们已过了规定的时间了。下星期见，”电视游戏节目主持人说。If you are paid time and a half for a job, you are paid what you are usually paid for it with half the usual rate added on to it.相当于原工资一倍半的加班费A time-and-motion study is a study of work methods, esp. in industry or business, in order to find the most effective way of operating.时间与动作研究Producing a dictionary is a very time-consuming job (= a large number of hours, months, years, etc. is needed for it).出版一本字典是一项很费时的工作。A time frame is a period of days, weeks, months, etc. within which an activity is intended to happen.(事情发生的)时间范围Have you set a time frame for completing the job?你是否给完成这项工作设定了时间期限？The government plans to introduce these changes in/within a fairly long/short time frame.政府计划在很长的一段时间内/在短时间内推行这些变革。A time lag (also lag) is a period between two related events.（两个相关联事件）在时间上的间隔There'll be a time lag of about a week between the blood test being done and the results being known.在验血和知道验血结果之间会有大约一星期的时间间隔。Time-lapse filming/photography is a method of filming very slow actions by taking a series of single pictures over a period of time, then putting them together to show the action happening very quickly.延时拍摄/摄影 （对某一过程进行连续定时拍摄，连续放映时就能看到该过程在瞬间完成）We've set a time limit (of ten minutes) on each child's turn on the trampoline (= each turn must be completed in ten minutes).我们规定了每个孩子轮流在蹦床上玩（10分钟）的时间限制。A time-out is a short period during a game in some sports when the players stop playing in order to rest, plan what they are going to do next, etc.（比赛中的）暂停The coach called a time-out to discuss strategy.教练喊暂停以商讨对策。(Am) People say time-out when they want other people to stop what they are doing, esp. when they are having an argument or disagreement.（美）停下来OK, time-out, everyone, let's all quiet down and talk about this calmly.好吧，停一停，各位，让我们都冷静下来，平心静气地谈一谈。The time scale of something is the period of time over which it happens.（事情发生的）时段We're doing this job on a short/long time scale.我们在短时间/长时间内做这项工作。Police officers are trying to construct the time scale of events leading up to the murder.警察正在努力构想导致这起谋杀的各事件发生的时间段。What's the time scale for this (= how long will it take)?这要花多长时间？A time share is a holiday house or apartment which is owned by several different people, each of whom is able to use it for a particular period of the year. A time share (also time-sharing) is also the activity of doing this.分时享用的度假住房; 分时享用度假住房We've bought a time share in Spain.我们在西班牙买了一套分时享用的度假住房。Time-sharing is also the use of a central computer by several other smaller computers connected to it.分时共享(计算机中心)A time sheet (Am also time card) is a piece of paper on which an employee records the number of hours they have worked.考勤单; 工作时间记录单"I am just going outside, and may be some time" (final words of Captain Oates before leaving the tent in which the others died, recorded in Scott's diary of his expedition to the South Pole, 1912) “我只是到外面去，可能有一段时间。”（欧茨船长离开帐篷时所说的最后几句话，其时帐篷中其他人已死了，记录在《斯科特南极探险日记》中）"A week is a long time in politics" (Remark by Harold Wilson, c.1964) “在政界，一星期是很长一段时间” （哈罗德.威尔逊之语）
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