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🔑timetime1 /taɪm / noun ➤minutes / hours / years, etc.分钟、小时、年等- [countable, uncountable] an amount of minutes, hours, days, etc.时间◆You're wasting time – get back to work!你在浪费时间，继续干活吧！◆I'll fax this letter to save time.为了节省时间，我把这封信传真过去。◆free time空闲时间◆We don't have time to stop now.我们现在没时间停下来。◆It takes a long time to learn a language.学习一门语言需要很长时间。 ➡ look at full-time, part-time
- [countable] a particular point in the day or night钟点；时刻◆What time is it?现在几点钟？◆Can you tell me the new time for the meeting?你能告诉我新的开会时间吗？◆It's time to go home.该回家了。◆By the time I get home, Alex will have dinner ready.等我到家时，亚历克丝就会把晚饭准备好了。
- [uncountable] the passing of minutes, hours, days, etc.时间；时光◆As time passed and there was still no news, we got more worried.随着时间过去，仍旧没有消息，我们更加担心了。
- [singular] a system for measuring time in a particular part of the world（世界某一地区的）时间◆Eastern Standard Time东部标准时间◆We arrive in Atlanta at 11:00 local time.我们在当地时间 11:00 到达亚特兰大。
➤occasion / event次；事件- [countable, uncountable] an occasion when someone does something or something happens回；次◆I called them three times.我给他们打了三次电话。◆This is the first time I've ever done this.这是我平生第一次做这事。◆I'll do it better next time.下一次我会做得更好。◆The last time I saw him, he looked sick.我上次见到他时，他看上去不太舒服。
- [countable, uncountable] a period or an occasion when something special happens or that is suitable for something季节；时节◆harvest time收获季节◆May is strawberry-picking time.五月是摘草莓的季节。
➤period时间段- [countable] a period in the past时期；时代◆Did you enjoy your time in Spain?你在西班牙过得开心吗？◆In Shakespeare's times, few people could read.在莎士比亚的年代，识字的人不多。
➤for race赛跑- [countable, uncountable] the number of minutes, etc. taken to complete something, especially a race（完成赛跑等的）时间◆What was his time in the hundred meters?他一百米跑了多长时间？
➤for comparing比较- times [plural] used with a number, for comparing things（与数字连用，用于比较）倍◆A decent apartment is three times as expensive in New York as it is in Toronto (= for example, if it cost $1,000 in Toronto, it costs $3,000 in New York).一间像样的公寓在纽约比在多伦多贵两倍。
 ●at the same time- together; at one time同时◆I can't concentrate on two things at the same time.我无法一心二用。◆Can he really watch TV and study at the same time?他真的能一边看电视一边学习吗？
- on the other hand; however另一方面；然而◆It's a really good idea, but at the same time it's pretty risky.这确实是个好主意，不过风险也很大。
●at a timeon each occasion每次；每回◆The elevator can hold six people at a time.电梯一次可以载六个人。●at one timein the past; previously从前；过去；曾经；一度◆At one time, this land was covered with trees.这片土地一度是绿树成荫。●at the timeat a particular moment or period in the past当时；那时◆I agreed at the time but later changed my mind.我当时同意了，但后来又改变了主意。●at timessometimes有时；间或◆At times I wish we'd never had children.有时我真希望我们从未有过孩子。●beat time (to sth) (music音乐) to mark or follow the rhythm of music, by waving a stick, tapping your foot, etc.（随着音乐节奏）打拍子●before your timebefore you were born在某人出生之前●behind the timesnot modern or fashionable过时的；落伍的●for the time beingjust for now; not for long暂时；目前●from time to timesometimes; not often有时；偶尔●give sb a hard time (informal) to criticize someone or make jokes about him / her, usually in order to make him / her feel embarrassed指责，嘲笑（某人）；使不好过；使难堪◆Don't give Bobby such a hard time about being short – he can't help it.别嘲笑博比个头矮，他也没办法。●have a bad, rotten, etc. timeto not enjoy yourself过得不开心◆I had a lousy time at summer camp.我在夏令营过得很不开心。●have a good, great, etc. timeto enjoy yourself玩得非常开心；尽情玩乐◆We had a wonderful time at the party.我们在聚会上非常开心。●have a hard / rough / tough timeto have problems or difficulties遇到困难；遇到问题●have no time for sb / sthto not like someone or something不喜欢；讨厌◆I have no time for people who aren't prepared to work.我讨厌不爱干活的人。●in the nick of timejust barely in time刚刚赶得及；差点就来不及◆The ambulance arrived in the nick of time.救护车在最后一刻来了。●in time (for sth / to do sth)not late; with enough time remaining for something来得及；赶得上；及时◆Don't worry. We'll get to the airport in time to catch your flight.不用着急，我们会及时到达机场赶上你的航班。●it's about / high time (informal) used to say that you think someone should do something soon差不多是（做某事）的时候了；现在是时候（做某事）◆It's high time you cleaned your room!你该打扫你的房间了！●kill timeto do something that is not interesting or important just to pass the time消磨时间；打发时光●once upon a time(used at the beginning of a children's story) a long time ago; in the past（用于童话故事的开头）很久以前，从前◆Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess…很久很久以前，有一个美丽的公主…●on timenot late or early按时；准时◆Our flight arrived right on time.我们的航班正点到达。●take your timeto do something without hurrying从容不迫；慢慢来●tell timeto read the time from a clock or watch（看钟表）说出时间●time after time●time and (time) againagain and again; many times一再；总是●the whole time / all the timeduring the time that someone was doing something or that something was happening一直；始终◆I looked everywhere for my keys and they were in my pocket the whole time.我到处找我的钥匙，可它们就一直在我的兜里。
timetime2 /taɪm / verb [transitive] - to choose or arrange the time that something happens安排…的时间◆They timed their trip to avoid rush hour.他们安排出行时间，避开高峰时段。
- to measure how long someone or something takes计算…的时间
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