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span SPACEspAnn [C usually sing]the length or period between two points, esp. of time两点间的距离，一段时间Over a (time) span of only two years, the new government has transformed the country's economic prospects.新政府只用了两年的时间就使国家的经济形势有所改观。That child's concentration/attention span is poor--he only listens to the teacher for a few seconds at a time.那孩子集中注意力的时间实在很短----他一次只听老师讲几秒钟的话。It's useful for a piano player to have a broad span (= distance between the thumb and the little finger when the hand is spread).对弹钢琴的人来说，具有宽阔的指距是非常有用的。She has a wide/enormous span of responsibility in her new job (= She is responsible for a lot of different things).她在新工作中有多种不同的职责范围。The bridge crosses the river in a single span (= there are no supports in the middle).这座桥只有一个跨河的桥孔。"The world's a bubble; and the life of man/ Less than a span" (Francis Bacon in the book The World, 1629)“世界是个泡沫;人生/短促” (选自培根的书《世界》) [LIFESPAN, WINGSPAN]
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