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| 1 | C a period of time that consists of 60 minutes. 30 minutes is usually called half an hour , 15 minutes can be called a quarter of an hour , and 45 minutes can be called three-quarters of an hour 小时 |
| every hour She checked on the children every hour. 她每小时检查一下孩子们的情况。 |
| an hour ago He left about an hour ago. 他大约一小时以前离开。 |
| an hour of sth After an hour of arguing, he agreed. 经过一小时的争论，他同意了。 |
| an hour’ s sleep/exercise/practice etc Why don’ t you get an hour’ s sleep? 你为什么不睡一个小时？ |
| for an hour I’ ve been waiting for over an hour. 我已经等了一个多小时了。 |
| take an hour to do sth This dish takes about an hour to cook. 烹调这道菜大概需要一个小时。 |
| it takes an hour to do sth It takes nearly an hour to get there by bus. 坐公共汽车到那儿大约需要一小时。 |
| in an hour/an hour’ s time I can be there in an hour. 我能在一小时内到达那儿。 |
| | 1a | used when you are talking about how much time you need to get somewhere …小时的行程 | | an hour along/past sth Half an hour along the beach road are some shops. 沿着海滨路走半小时就是一些商店了。 | | an hour away (from sth) Brighton is only an hour away from here. 布赖顿离这里只有一小时的行程。 | |
| | 1b | at a rate based on an hour of a particular activity 每小时 | | I earn £12 an hour. 我每小时挣12英镑。 | | The car was travelling at an estimated 85 miles per hour. 这辆汽车估计时速为85英里。 | |
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| 2 | hours plural a long time 很长的一段时间 |
| I’ m hungry and it’ s hours until dinner. 我饿了，可是还要很久才吃饭。 |
| for hours (on end) I lay awake for hours thinking about John. 我醒着躺了好长时间，一直在想着约翰的事。 |
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| 3 | hours plural the time during which you do something such as work or study （用于工作或学习的）固定时间 |
| My job is very flexible – I can fit my hours around my children. 我的工作很灵活，我可以根据孩子们的需要来定我的工作时间。 |
| long hours She’ s putting in long hours at the library. 最近她在图书馆里呆的时间很长。 |
| school/working hours courses that take place outside school hours 学校课外开的课程 |
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| 4 | C a particular time in the day or night （一天中的某个）时间，时刻 |
| You can call me at any hour of the day or night. 你可以在白天或晚上的任何时间给我打电话。 |
| What are you doing out of bed at this hour (=so early or late) ? 这个时候你不睡觉在干什么？ |
| the hours of daylight/darkness They usually hunt during the hours of darkness. 他们通常夜间打猎。 |
| at all hours You get cars coming down here at all hours. 这儿随时都有汽车经过。 |
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| 5 | singular a particular point in history or in someone’ s life or career （历史、人生或事业的）某一时刻 |
| sb’ s/sth’ s finest hour His finest hour came in 1982 when his film Gandhi won eight Oscars. 1982年他的电影《甘地》获8项奥斯卡奖，那是他最辉煌的时刻。 |
| sb’ s/sth’ s darkest hour (=worst time) We have lived through our country’ s darkest hour. 某人/某物最糟糕的时期 |
| in sb’ s hour of need (=at a time when they really need help) No one had helped him in his hour of need. 在某人需要的时候 |
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| 6 | the hour the time that is exactly one o’ clock, two o’ clock, three o’ clock etc 钟点；整点 |
| on the hour Trains for Edinburgh leave every hour on the hour. 开往爱丁堡的火车每个整点开出一列。 |
| past the hour The bus stops here at six minutes past the hour. 公共汽车每个整点过6分在这里停靠。 |
| | 6a | if a clock strikes the hour , it shows that it is exactly one o’ clock, two o’ clock etc by making a sound once , twice etc （钟）在整点报时 | |
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| - | 0900/1300 etc hours spoken formal
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| used especially by the police and military people for telling the time by the twenty-four hour clock . For example , 13 hundred hours is one o’ clock in the afternoon . |
| （尤为警察以及军人所用的24小时记时制）9时/13时等 |
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| - | after hours
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| after the time when a place such as an office or bar usually closes |
| 办公（或营业）时间以后；（酒吧）关门之后 |
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| - | all the hours (God sends) BRITISH
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| all the time available |
| 可利用的一切时间 |
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| - | by the hour
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| 1 | based on an hour of work 按小时计算 | Are you paid by the hour? | |
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| 2 | continuously or all the time 不停地；一直地 | The fire grew bigger by the hour. 火越来越大了。 | |
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| - | hour after/upon hour
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| a very long time |
| 连续几个小时地 |
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| She spends hour after hour reading magazines. 她连续看了几个小时的杂志。 |
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| - | keep regular/late etc hours
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| to perform the same activities every day at regular/late etc times , especially going to bed and getting out of bed |
| 定时作息/晚睡晚起等 |
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| - | of the hour
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| most important or popular at the present time |
| 目前最重要的；目前最受喜爱的 |
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| the hero of the hour 当前令人瞩目的英雄 |
| the questions/issues of the hour 当前的问题 |
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| - | out of hours BRITISH
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| before or after the time when a place such as an office is usually open |
| 在通常工作时间之外（或前后） |
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| - | until/till all hours BRITISH spoken
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| until very late at night |
| 到很晚 |
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| They were up talking until all hours. 他们一直谈到很晚才睡。 |
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| - | within the hour
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| before very much time has passed, usually less than an hour |
| 短时间内（一般不超过一小时） |
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