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min.ute TIME5mIn7It(abbreviation min) n [C]any of the 60 parts which an hour is divided into; 60 seconds分（时间单位），60秒It takes me twenty minutes to get to work.我花二十分钟去上班。Give me five minutes and I'll be ready.给我五分钟，我会准备好的。It's only a twenty minute bus ride to town.去城里只要坐二十分钟的车。The train leaves at three minutes to eight, so we'd better get there a few minutes before.火车八点缺三分开车，所以我们最好提早几分钟到那儿。Chopin's 'Minute Waltz'lasts about one minute.肖邦的“一分钟华尔兹”只有大约一分钟。The minute (that) (= As soon as) I saw him I knew something was wrong.我一看到他就知道出事了。I'm not suggesting for a minute (= I certainly do not believe) that she meant to cause a lot of trouble.我一刻也没有暗示过她有意找许多麻烦。It doesn't have to be done this minute (= now), but if you've got a free moment at some point this week you could finish it then.不必现在就完成它，但是如果你这星期有空闲的时间，你可以在那时完成它。Something which is described as up-to-the-minute is modern or contains all the most recent information.最新的，最新式的up-to-the-minute fashion/news最新式样/消息Minute is also used in spoken English to mean a very short time.片刻，一会儿Wait a minute--I'll just get my bag.等一下，我要拿我的包。Just a minute--I'll be with you when I've finished this.请稍等一下，我完成这个后就过来。If you can hang on a minute, I'll join you.如果你能等一会儿，我就和你一起去。I won't be a minute (= I will be ready soon).我快准备好了。When you've got a minute, I'd like a brief word with you.你有时间的时候我想和你简短地谈谈。A minute hand on a clock or watch is the part which points to the minutes, and is usually longer than the hour hand.分针A minute steak is a thin slice of STEAK (= a type of meat esp. from cattle) that can be cooked very quickly.快熟肉"In the future everybody will be famous for 15 minutes" (saying by Andy Warhol, 1960s)“在未来每个人都将成名15分钟。”（安迪·沃霍尔的名言）
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