| 释义 |
Examples:the storm put strong grass the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister—lit. respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven—Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times—show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances—a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times ward off evil spirits—customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners—lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. stick together in hard times—hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times)—reception room for officials (in former times)—defy the times and reject custom (idiom); in breach of current conventions—think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully—near ancient history (often taken mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)—She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times—official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)—reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); err is human—(in former times) banknote with a value in silver—sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)—inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times—prefectural magistrate (during Tang Qing times)—Nanzhao, 8th and 9th century kingdom in Yunnan, at times allied with Tang against Tibetan Tubo pressure—Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years—middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)—(of officials in imperial times) the highest rank—Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times—pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)—in Qing times, refers Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how—escort a criminal under guard (in former times)—Joe Biden (1942-), US democrat politician, senator for Delaware from 1972, several times chair of Senate foreign relations committee, vice-president of USA from 2009—bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning—punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)—contracted payment (esp. actors' salary in former times)—a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down the times of Confucius—banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive—bamboo writing slips in ancient times (joined together form whole scrolls)—(in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force—the ancestor of the long zither family, dating back pre-classical times (playing it was an essential accomplishment of a Confucian gentleman)—Financial Times stock exchange index (FTSE 100 or footsie)—Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner—sealed ribbon fastening correspondence (in former times)—(in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years—(in former times) upper, middle and lower army—Mawei naval base at Fuzhou city (in Qing times)—ration merchandise (esp. food in times of shortages)—fig. (of farmers in ancient times) be good-hearted and honest—relay post-horse mail service (in former times)—common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory—time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!—a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed—robust and prosperous (a compliment in former times)—(in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild—lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times—yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times)—colloquial classifier for number of times of movement from one place to another or number of turns, times, occasions.—lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood [idiom.]—remain puzzled after pondering over sth. a hundred times—you can run this time, but you'll have come back—appropriate any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable—your name has been known me for a long time (polite)—demand loan (i.e. loan that the borrower can demanded back at any time)—Fall inthe moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.—part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon—(especially) have two lovers at the same time—college for people who attend after work (lit.: spare-time college)—beat time with a percussion instrument made of pottery—sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)—spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision—lit. the time up today (idiom); up to the present—a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!—vast and limitless (idiom); endless span of time—hold two contradictory views at the same time—one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature—sb. ready substitute at any time for principal player—venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time [idiom.]— |