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1 | one of the 12 periods that a year is divided into , such as January, February etc 月份;月 |
| the month of March 3月份 |
| Could we meet earlier in the month? 我们可否在月初见面? |
| during the winter months 在冬季的几个月里 |
| this/next/last month A man was arrested last month in connection with the robbery. 一名涉嫌参与此次抢劫的男子上个月被捕。 |
| I’ ve already spent this month’ s salary. 我已经花掉了这个月的工资。 |
| the beginning/end of the month They aim to finish by the end of the month. 他们计划月底完成。 |
| a month/per month (=each month) I give my daughter £50 a month. 每月 |
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2 | a period of about four weeks 一个月 |
| I should try to finish my novel over the next few months. 我要尽力在接下来的几个月里完成我的小说。 |
| Three months passed and we didn’ t hear a word from him. 3个月过去了,我们没有从他那里得到任何消息。 |
| a three-month-old baby 3个月大的婴儿 |
| for a month My parents were here for a month last year. 去年我父母在这里呆了1个月。 |
| in a month’ s time They’ re getting married in a month’ s time. 他们将在1个月后结婚。 |
| a month’ s worth The doctor has given him a month’ s worth of pills. 医生给他开了够服用1个月的药片。 |
| the past/previous month We’ ve hardly seen each other over the past month. 上个月我们很少见面。 |
| a month from I’ ll be leaving a month from today. 从今天算起一个月后我将启程离开。 |
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3 | months plural a long time 很长一段时间;数月 |
| It’ ll take months to finish the work on the house. 要完成房子的整修工作将需要很长一段时间。 |
| for/in months We haven’ t been to the cinema for months. 我们已经几个月没去看电影了。 |
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- | month after month |
| used for emphasizing that the same thing happens all the time |
| 一月又一月;月复一月 |
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| Month after month we discuss the same boring issues. 月复一月,我们讨论同样的无聊问题。 |
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- | a month at a time |
| for one whole month each time |
| 每次一个月 |
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| They plan the menus a month at a time. 他们一次就制定好一个月的菜单。 |
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- | month by month |
| used for emphasizing the progress that a situation is making |
| 逐月;每月 |
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| We’ re gaining new customers month by month. 我们每月都在赢得新客户。 |
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- | a month of Sundays informal old-fashioned |
| a very long time |
| 很长的时间;很久 |
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| It would take us a month of Sundays to clean out the barn. 把牲口棚清理干净要花费我们很长时间。 |
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- | not/never in a month of Sundays informal old-fashioned |
| used for saying that something will never happen |
| 根本不会;决不会 |
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