1N-COUNT 分;分钟 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;分钟
The pizza will then take about twenty minutes to cook.
然后比萨饼做出来大约要用20分钟的时间。
Bye Mum, see you in a minute.
妈妈,一会儿见。
Half a minute later she came in the front door.
半分钟之后,她就从前门进来了。
Within minutes we realized our mistake.
没过多久,我们就意识到了自己的错误。
SYN sixty seconds, sixtieth of an hour
2N-PLURAL 会议记录 The minutes of a meeting are the written records of the things that are discussed or decided at it. 会议记录
He'd been reading the minutes of the last meeting. [+ of]
他刚才一直在阅读上次会议的记录。
3VERB 将…记入会议记录 When someone minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a written record of it. 将…记入会议记录
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,伙计们,这里有点不对劲。
Hey, just a minute!
嗨,等一下!
SYN wait a moment, hold on, hang on [informal], hang about [British, informal]
6PHRASE 随时;马上;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. 随时;马上;很快 [emphasis]
It looked as though it might rain at any minute.
看上去好像马上就要下雨了。
He ought to be back any minute.
他应该随时都会回来。
Any minute now, that phone is going to ring.
那部电话随时可能响。
7PHRASE 根本不;一点也不 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;一点也不 [emphasis]
I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared.
我压根不认为她会有所畏惧。
I don't believe him for a minute.
我一点也不相信他。
8PHRASE 最后关头; 最后一刻 A last-minute action is one that is done at the latest time possible. 最后关头; 最后一刻
She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams.
她在为考试进行最后的复习。
The location has been changed at the last minute.
在最后一刻改变了地点。
He will probably wait until the last minute.
他也许会等到最后一刻。
9PHRASE 下一刻(强调事情发生得很突然) 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(强调事情发生得很突然) [emphasis]
The next minute my father came in.
接着我父亲突然进来了。
Jobs are there one minute, gone the next.
工作机会稍纵即逝。
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.
你一旦做了这件事,就会失去控制。
The minute that the war started, everybody was glued to the television.
战事一起,所有人都盯紧了电视报道。
11PHRASE 此刻;就在此时 If you say that something must be done this minute, you are emphasizing that it must be done immediately. 此刻;就在此时 [emphasis]