1N-COUNT 分;分鐘 A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say 'a minute' or 'minutes' when they mean a short length of time. 分;分鐘
The pizza will then take about twenty minutes to cook.
然後比薩餅做出來大約要用20分鐘的時間。
Bye Mum, see you in a minute.
媽媽,一會兒見。
Half a minute later she came in the front door.
半分鐘之後,她就從前門進來了。
Within minutes we realized our mistake.
沒過多久,我們就意識到了自己的錯誤。
SYN sixty seconds, sixtieth of an hour
2N-PLURAL 會議記錄 The minutes of a meeting are the written records of the things that are discussed or decided at it. 會議記錄
He'd been reading the minutes of the last meeting. [+ of]
他剛才一直在閱讀上次會議的記錄。
3VERB 將…記入會議記錄 When someone minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a written record of it. 將…記入會議記錄
5CONVENTION 等一下;且慢 People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something. 等一下;且慢
Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here.
等一下,夥計們,這裏有點不對勁。
Hey, just a minute!
嗨,等一下!
SYN wait a moment, hold on, hang on [informal], hang about [British, informal]
6PHRASE 随時;馬上;很快 If you say that something will or may happen at any minute or any minute now, you are emphasizing that it is likely to happen very soon. 随時;馬上;很快 [emphasis]
It looked as though it might rain at any minute.
看上去好像馬上就要下雨了。
He ought to be back any minute.
他應該随時都會回來。
Any minute now, that phone is going to ring.
那部電話随時可能響。
7PHRASE 根本不;一點也不 If you say that you do not believe for a minute or for one minute that something is true, you are emphasizing that you do not believe that it is true. 根本不;一點也不 [emphasis]
I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared.
我壓根不認爲她會有所畏懼。
I don't believe him for a minute.
我一點也不相信他。
8PHRASE 最後關頭; 最後一刻 A last-minute action is one that is done at the latest time possible. 最後關頭; 最後一刻
She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams.
她在爲考試進行最後的複習。
The location has been changed at the last minute.
在最後一刻改變了地點。
He will probably wait until the last minute.
他也許會等到最後一刻。
9PHRASE 下一刻(強調事情發生得很突然) You use the expression the next minute or expressions such as 'one minute he was there, the next he was gone' to emphasize that something happens suddenly. 下一刻(強調事情發生得很突然) [emphasis]
The next minute my father came in.
接着我父親突然進來了。
Jobs are there one minute, gone the next.
工作機會稍縱即逝。
10PHRASE 一…就… If you say that something happens the minute something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing. 一…就… [emphasis]
The minute you do this, you'll lose control.
你一旦做了這件事,就會失去控制。
The minute that the war started, everybody was glued to the television.
戰事一起,所有人都盯緊了電視報道。
11PHRASE 此刻;就在此時 If you say that something must be done this minute, you are emphasizing that it must be done immediately. 此刻;就在此時 [emphasis]