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time PARTICULAR POINTtaImna particular point in the day, as expressed in hours and minutes or shown on a clock, or a particular point in the day, week, month or year, etc.时刻; 时候"What's the time?" "It's ten o'clock." [U] “现在什么时候？”“现在10点。”What time is it? [U]现在什么时候？What time do you finish work? [U]你什么时候结束工作？Have you got the time (on you) (= the particular point in the day it is, expressed in hours and minutes)? [U]你知道几点吗？He's teaching his daughter to tell the time (= to recognize what particular point in the day it is by looking at a clock). [U]他在教他的女儿看钟。Did you find out the times of the trains to London (= the particular points in the day at which they leave)? [C]你查到去伦敦的火车时刻了吗？The estimated time of arrival/departure of this flight is 11.15. [C]这次航班估计在11点15分到达/离开。Oh dear, is that the (right) time (= Is the particular point in the day I've been told it is or seen on a clock correct)? I'm late for work. [U]哦，天哪，那个钟准吗？我上班迟到了。We arrived at the cinema at the wrong time (= the wrong point in the day), and the film had already started. [U]我们到达电影院时已晚了，电影已开始了。The kitchen clock is gaining/losing time (= is showing a particular point in the day that is increasingly later or earlier than the real one). [U]厨房的钟快了/慢了。My watch has never kept very good time (= been correct in showing what particular point in the day it is). [U]我的手表从来没有准过。She's always busy doing something, from the time (= particular point in the day at which) she gets up in the morning till the time she goes to bed. [U]她一直很忙，从早上起床到上床睡觉。We always have dinner at the same time every day. [C]我们每天总是在同一时间吃晚饭。The programme was being shown at a different time from usual. [C]这个节目在和平时不同的时间里播出。I was exhausted by the time I got home. [U]到家的时候我已筋疲力尽。"What would be the best time of day for us to deliver the table?" "Oh, any time will be OK." [C] “一天的什么时候我们送这张桌子最合适？”“哦，什么时候都行。”Today's temperatures will be normal for the time of year (= will be as they are expected to be at this particular point in the year). [C]今天的温度会和一年中这个时节的通常气温一样。Just think, this time (= at the same particular point during) next week we'll be in Mauritius. [U]想想，下星期的这个时候我们将在毛里求斯。We regret that at the present time (Am also at this time) (= for now, although it is hoped not in the future) we are unable to supply the goods you ordered. [U]很遗憾我们现在不能供应你定的货。The time is fast drawing near/approaching when (= it will soon be the particular point at which) we'll have to make a decision one way or the other. [U]我们必须用某种方法作出决定的时刻很快就临近了。Time is also used to refer to the system of recording hours used in different parts of the world.（各地不同的）计时体系Greenwich Mean Time [U]格林威治平均时间daylight saving time [U]日光节约时间（夏令时间）(esp. Am) Let's meet for lunch. I'll call you ahead of time (= in advance) to fix a time and a place.（美）让我们午饭时候见。我会提前打电话给你，定时间和地点。When you're at the airport, you should make sure you have your luggage with you at all times (= continuously).在机场，你应该确保你的行李一直和你在一起。Parking is not allowed here at any time (= ever).这里从不允许停车。When we visited the Tower of London we had to wait outside because only a certain number of people were allowed in at (any) one time/at any given time (= at any particular point in the day).参观伦敦塔时我们必须等在外面，因为一次只允许进一部分人。At Grandad's time of life (= Now that he is his present age), he ought to be taking things easy.在祖父这种年纪，他应该不要把什么事放在心上。It seemed like a good idea at the time (= at the particular point at which it was thought of).在当时这似乎是个好主意。If someone will not give you the time of day, they are unfriendly and refuse to speak to you.不理睬We had an argument with our neighbours, and now they won't even give us the time of day.我们和邻居吵了一通，现在他们甚至不愿理睬我们。A time bomb is a bomb which contains a device that makes it explode at a particular point in the day.定时炸弹A time bomb is also a situation which is likely to become difficult to deal with or control.可能变得难以应付或控制的事态By ignoring the wishes of their employees, the managers are setting/creating a time bomb for themselves.由于忽视雇员的愿望，管理人员们正在给自己设置/制造定时炸弹。The prison governors are sitting on a time bomb (= are having to deal with a bad situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control).狱长们正坐在定时炸弹上。A time clock is a clock which employees use to record the particular point in the day at which they arrive at and leave work.考勤钟; 上下班计时钟Some medicines exist in the form of time(d)-release capsules (= as pills which release their contents gradually during the day).一些药被制成延时释放的胶囊。I always set my watch by the time signal (= a signal which is broadcast on the radio every hour, for example at one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc. to show exactly what particular point in the day it is).我总是按无线电报时信号对表。(Br and Aus) A time switch is a timer（英，澳）计时开关Our heating system is controlled by a time switch.我们的暖气装置系统是由一个计时开关控制的。A time zone is one of 24 equal parts into which the world is divided. In any place within each part, the particular point in the day is the same, and is an hour in front of or behind that in the parts on either side.时区If you go from New York to London, you cross five time zones.如果你从纽约到伦敦，你就跨过了5个时区。
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