time /taɪm/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Time is what we measure in minutes, hours, days, and years. 时间

  例：

  ...a two-week period of time.

  …一段为期两周的时间。

  例：

  Time passed, and still Ma did not appear.

  时间一点点过去，可是玛还没有出现。

• 2. 

  N-SING You use time to ask or talk about a specific point in the day, which can be stated in hours and minutes and is shown on clocks. 钟点

  例：

  "What time is it?"—"Eight o'clock."

  “几点了？”—“8点。”

  例：

  He asked me the time.

  他问了我时间。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The time when something happens is the point in the day when it happens or is supposed to happen. (某事发生的) 时间

  例：

  Departure times are 08:15 from Baltimore, and 10:15 from Newark.

  从巴尔的摩的出发时间是08:15，从纽瓦克的出发时间是10:15。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT You use time to refer to the system of expressing time and counting hours that is used in a particular part of the world. (世界某时区的) 时间

  例：

  The incident happened just after ten o'clock local time.

  该事件发生在当地时间刚过10点。

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT You use time to refer to the period that you spend doing something or when something has been happening. 时间 (段) [also 'a' N]

  例：

  Adam spent a lot of time in his grandfather's office.

  亚当在他祖父的办公室里度过了很多时间。

  例：

  He wouldn't have the time or money to take care of me.

  他不会有时间，也没有钱来照看我。

  例：

  Listen to me, I haven't got much time.

  听我说，我没有多少时间。

  例：

  It's obvious that you need more time to think.

  显然你需要更多的时间来思考。

• 6. 

  N-SING If you say that something has been happening for a time, you mean that it has been happening for a fairly long period of time. (相当长的) 一段时间

  例：

  He was also for a time an art critic.

  他曾有相当长的一段时间是一位艺术评论家。

  例：

  He stayed for quite a time.

  他呆了很长一段时间。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT You use time to refer to a period of time or a point in time, when you are describing what is happening then. For example, if something happened at a particular time, that is when it happened. If it happens at all times, it always happens. (某事发生的) 时期; 时刻

  例：

  We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time.

  我们当时在同一所学院，那时还是男子学院。

  例：

  By this time he was thirty.

  到这时他30岁了。

  例：

  It was a time of terrible uncertainty.

  那是一段非常不确定的时期。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT You use time or times to talk about a particular period in history or in your life. (历史上或一生中的特殊) 时期

  例：

  They were hard times and his parents had been struggling to raise their family.

  那是困难时期，他的父母一直挣扎着养家糊口。

  例：

  We'll be alone together, just like old times.

  我们会单独在一起，就像过去一样。

• 9. 

  N-PLURAL You can use the times to refer to the present time and to modern fashions, tastes, and developments. For example, if you say that someone keeps up with the times, you mean they are fashionable or aware of modern developments. If you say they are behind the times, you mean they are unfashionable or not aware of them. 时代潮流

  例：

  This approach is now seriously out of step with the times.

  这种方法如今与时代潮流严重脱节。

• 10. 

  N-COUNT When you describe the time that you had on a particular occasion or during a particular part of your life, you are describing the sort of experience that you had then. (经历的) 一段时光

  例：

  Sarah and I had a great time while the kids were away.

  萨拉和我在孩子们不在时度过了一段美好的时光。

• 11. 

  N-SING Your time is the amount of time that you have to live, or to do a particular thing. 生命期; 期限

  例：

  Now that Martin has begun to suffer the effects of AIDS, he says his time is running out.

  马丁已开始遭受艾滋病的折磨，他说自己时日不多了。

• 12. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you say it is time for something, time to do something, or time you did something, you mean that this thing ought to happen or be done now. (该做某事的) 合适时候

  例：

  Opinion polls indicated a feeling among the public that it was time for a change.

  民意测验表明，公众觉得该是改变的时候了。

  例：

  It was time for him to go to work.

  该是他去上班的时间了。

• 13. 

  N-COUNT When you talk about a time when something happens, you are referring to a specific occasion when it happens. 次

  例：

  Every time she travels on the bus it's delayed by at least three hours.

  每次她坐公共汽车出行时，至少要耽搁3个小时。

• 14. 

  N-COUNT You use time after numbers to say how often something happens. (表示频率) 次

  例：

  It was her job to make tea three times a day.

  她的任务是每天泡3次茶。

• 15. 

  N-PLURAL You use times after numbers when comparing one thing to another and saying, for example, how much bigger, smaller, better, or worse it is. 倍

  例：

  Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company.

  其利润正以快于一般公司4倍的速度增长。

• 16. 

  CONJ You use times to show multiplication. Three times five is 3x5. 乘

  例：

  Four times six is 24.

  4乘以6等于24。

• 17. 

  N-COUNT Someone's time in a race is the amount of time it takes them to finish the race. 时间 (完成赛跑所用的)

  例：

  He was over a second faster than his previous best time.

  他比自己以前的最好成绩快了一秒多。