...a two-week period of time.

兩周的時間

Time passed, and still Ma did not appear.

時間一點點過去，馬先生仍然沒有出現。

As time went on the visits got more and more regular.

随着時間的流逝，探訪變得越來越頻繁。

The social significance of religion has changed over time.

宗教的社會意義随着時間的變遷已經發生了變化。

'What time is it?' — 'Eight o'clock.'.

“幾點鐘了？”—“8點鐘。”

He asked me the time.

他問我幾點了。

What time did he leave?.

他什麽時候離開的？

I phoned my mother to ask what time she was coming home.

我打電話給母親問她幾點回家。

The time is now 19 minutes past the hour.

現在的時間是整點過19分。

Departure times are 08:15 from St Quay, and 18:15 from St Helier.

從聖奎伊的出發時間是 8 點 15 分，從聖赫利爾的出發時間是 18 點 15 分。

The tidal predictions are expressed in Greenwich Mean Time. Add one hour for British Summer Time.

潮汐預報用的是格林尼治標準時間。英國夏令時要在標準時基礎上加一小時。

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

事件發生在當地時間 10 點剛過。

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

亞當經常呆在他祖父的辦公室裏。

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

他既不會有時間也不會有錢來照顧我。

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

聽着，我沒多少時間。

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

顯然你需要更多時間來思考。

The route was blocked for some time.

道路被堵了一段時間。

For a long time I didn't tell anyone.

很久我都沒有告訴任何人。

A short time later they sat down to eat.

過了一小會兒，他們坐下來吃東西。

Thank you very much for your time.

非常感謝你抽出了寶貴時間。

He was also for a time the art critic of 'The Scotsman'.

有相當長的一段時間他爲《蘇格蘭人》報撰寫藝術評論。

He stayed for quite a time.

他呆了相當長的一段時間。

After a time they came to a pond.

過了好久，他們來到一個池塘。

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

我們那時在同一所學院，當時只招男生。

By this time he was thirty.

到那時他 30 歲了。

During the time I was married I tried to be the perfect wife.

在那段婚姻生活中，我努力要做個完美的妻子。

It was a time of terrible uncertainty.

那是一切都很不確定的一段時間。

Homes are more affordable than at any time in the past five years.

現在住宅比過去5年裏的任何時候都要便宜。

It seemed like a good time to tell her.

那似乎是告訴她的好時機。

There were times when he would ring his bell at all hours of the day or night.

有段時間，他白天或晚上随時都可能摁鈴。

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

那是段艱苦時期，他父母一直艱辛地養家糊口。

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

我們會單獨在一起，就像過去那樣。

We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.

我們正在經歷現代最嚴重的一段經濟衰退。

A 'Felucca' is the traditional Nile sailboat, unchanged since the time of the pharaohs.

Felucca 是尼羅河地區的傳統帆船，自法老時代起就沒有變過。

He is unafraid to move with the times.

他敢於與時俱進。

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

這種方法如今與時代潮流嚴重脫節。

Johnny has changed his image to fit the times.

約翰尼已經改變了他的形象以迎合時代潮流。

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

孩子們不在的時候，我和薩拉度過了一段美好時光。

She's had a really tough time the last year and a half.

這一年半以來，她度過了一段非常艱難的時期。

You had an easy time of it at home.

你在家度過了一段輕鬆時光。

I try to remember all the good times I've had here.

我試着回憶在這裏度過的所有美好時光。

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

現在馬丁開始遭受艾滋病的折磨，他說他的生命就要走到盡頭。

Every administration has its time. And when your time is over, you leave.

每屆政府都有其執政期限，任期屆滿時就得下台。

I doubt I would change anything if I had my time again.

如果能重新活過，我不確定自己是否願意做出任何改變。

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

民意測驗表明，公衆認爲到了改革的時候了。

It was time for him to go to work. [+ for]

他該去上班了。

This was no time to make a speech.

這不是長篇大論的時候。

The time has come to put an end to the conflict.

結束沖突的時候到了。

It's time you went to school.

你該去上學了。

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

每次她乘公車出行都至少耽擱3個小時。

The last time I saw her was about sixteen years ago.

我上次見她大約是 16 年前了。

House prices are rising for the first time since November.

房價自 11 月以來首次上漲。

Next time you go shopping, throw in a few extra fruit and vegetables.

下次你去買東西，多買點水果蔬菜。

Remember that time she picked up my daughter when I was ill?

還記得那次我生病，她替我接女兒嗎？

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

她的差事就是每天沏3次茶。

How many times has your mother told you never to talk to strangers?.

你母親告訴你多少次了，絕不能和陌生人談話？

The Masters golf tournament was won a second time by the American Ben Hogan.

美國的本·霍根再次奪得高爾夫大師錦標賽冠軍。

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

它的利潤增長速度比一般公司快4倍。

Young people were several times more likely to be out of work than older members of the workforce.

勞動人口中，年輕人失業的可能性是年長者的好幾倍。

He polled four times as many votes as his rival.

他得到的選票數量是競選對手的4倍。

...an area five times the size of Britain.

面積爲英國領土5倍大的區域

Four times six is 24.

4 乘以 6 等於 24。

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

他比自己以前的最好成績快了 1 秒多。

She recorded a time of two minutes 8.74 seconds.

她以兩分 8 秒 74 的成績創了紀錄。

A reel is in four-four time, and a jig is in six-eight time.

裏爾舞曲是四四拍，吉格舞曲是六八拍。

He timed the election to coincide with new measures to boost the economy. [VERB noun to-infinitive]

他把選舉安排在振興經濟的新政策出台時。

We had timed our visit for March 7. [VERB noun + for]

我們把訪問時間確定在3月7日。

He had timed his intervention well. [VERB noun adv.]

他選擇介入的時機恰到好處。

Operation Amazon is timed to coincide with the start of the dry season. [V-ed to-inf]

拯救亞馬孫河的行動安排在了旱季來臨之際。

He timed each performance with a stop-watch. [VERB noun]

他用秒表測定每組動作所花的時間。

It's about time a few movie makers with original ideas were given a chance.

該給爲數不多的幾個有創見的電影制作者一個機會了。

'Here she is.' — 'About time too.'

“她來了。”—“也早該來了。”

Find out ahead of time what regulations apply to your situation.

提前搞清楚什麽規章適用於你的情況。

My mother was ahead of her time. She surrounded me with culture and art.

我母親思想前衛，給予了我文化和藝術的熏陶。

His only fundamental mistake, he insists, is that he was 20 years before his time.

他堅持認爲，他僅有的根本性錯誤是他比時代超前了20年。

We can't be together all the time.

我們不能始終在一起。

I get the two of them mixed up all the time, they're so similar.

我一直把他們倆弄混，他倆太像了。

Beat in the eggs, one at a time.

打入雞蛋，一次一個。

She ran for the staircase and down the steps, taking them two at a time.

她跑向樓梯，一步兩級地奔下台階。

Do you sometimes find that you are doing very little physical exercise for several weeks at a time?

你有時會不會發現自己一連幾個星期都沒怎麽鍛煉過？

Conditions are still very tense and the fighting could escalate at any time.

局勢仍然非常緊張，戰鬥随時可能升級。

A trade war would be bad at the best of times, but in the current economic climate, it would be a disaster.

即使在情況最好的時候貿易戰都是有害無利的，而在當前這種經濟形勢下只會是一場災難。

At one time 400 men, women and children lived in the village.

曾經有 400 個男人、女人和孩子居住在村子裏。

...enormous glaciers, which at one time covered vast areas of the northern hemisphere.

一度覆蓋了北半球遼闊區域的巨大冰川

I was afraid of her, but at the same time I really liked her.

我害怕她，但同時也確實喜歡她。

She was somehow able to look sad and cheerful at the same time.

她能夠做出又悲又喜的神情。

I don't think I set out to come up with a different sound for each album. At the same time, I do have a sense of what is right for the moment.

我不覺得我一開始就特意爲每張專輯設定了不同的曲風。然而，我確實知道當時想要的是什麽感覺。

The debate was highly emotional at times.

辯論有時變得異常情緒化。

At times she had an overwhelming desire to see him.

她有時會特别想見他。

He went on listening to her, at times impatient and at times fascinated.

他繼續聽她講，有時很不耐煩，有時深受吸引。

'You've never seen the Marilyn Monroe film?' — 'No, I think it was a bit before my time.'

“你從來沒看過瑪麗蓮·夢露演的電影？”—“是的，她拍電影時我還不記事呢。”

The small print has forced me, years before my time, to buy spectacles.

印刷文字過小迫使我早早就要買眼鏡戴。

There is nothing like a college town to make you feel old before your time.

沒有哪個地方能像大學城那樣讓你感到未老先衰。

The virus is getting more and more attention, and not before time.

這種病毒正受到越來越多的關注，其實早該如此。

Not before time, that is about to change.

那一切總算要變了。

Scott Hastings has called time on his international career by cutting short his contract. [+ on]

斯科特·黑斯廷斯中止合同，結束了他的國際比賽生涯。

He is serving 11 years for robbery, and did time for a similar offence before that.

他因犯搶劫罪正在服11年的刑期，此前他也曾因類似罪行蹲過監獄。

The desperate condition of the world is that madness has always been here, and that it will remain so for all time.

這個世界令人絕望的是，瘋狂之事一直存在，而且將永遠存在下去。

For the time being, however, immunotherapy is still in its experimental stages.

但免疫療法目前仍處於實驗階段。

The situation is calm for the time being.

局勢暫時穩定。

Her daughters visited him from time to time when he was ill.

他生病的時候她的女兒們時常去探望他。

Half the time, I don't have the slightest idea what he's talking about.

我經常一點兒都聽不懂他在說什麽。

When I think of what he's done to my mother and me, I've just got no time for him.

想到他對母親和我所做的一切，我就很討厭他。

I have got a lot of time for people who are prepared to put the welfare of their party above their own vanity.

我很欽佩那些不計個人名利，以政黨的利益爲重的人。

It is high time the Government displayed a more humanitarian approach towards victims of the recession.

政府早該對受到經濟衰退影響的人們采取更加人性化的救助措施。

It is high time to consider the problem on a global scale.

早該從全球視角考慮問題了。

I arrived just in time for my flight to London. [+ for]

我及時趕上了飛往倫敦的航班。

She set the alarm so she'd wake up in time to give her two sons their medication.

她定了鬧鐘，以便及時醒來給兩個兒子服藥。

He would sort out his own problems, in time.

他早晚會解決自己的問題。

Tina believed that, given time, her business would become profitable.

蒂娜相信假以時日，她的生意一定會盈利。

Her body swayed in time with the music. [+ with]

她的身體随着音樂節拍擺動。

We were standing onstage playing completely out of time.

我們站在舞台上，演奏得完全不合節拍。

Presidential elections are due to be held in ten days' time.

總統競選將在10天後如期舉行。

In a year's time we will all be laughing about it.

一年以後我們都會對此一笑置之。

If we're out, we always make sure we're home in good time for the programme. [+ for]

如果外出，我們總是確保在節目開始之前趕回家。

There will be many advanced exercises that you won't be able to do at first. You will get to them in good time.

有許多難度較大的動作你起初不會做，但慢慢就會了。

'I can't wait to be grown up.' — 'All in good time.'

“我等不及要長大了。”—“别急，你總會長大的。”

He's going to be just fine. At his age he'll heal in no time.

他會好起來的。以他的年紀，他很快就會痊愈。

He expects to be out of prison in next to no time.

他期盼着立即出獄。

Now, in your own time, tell me what happened.

現在慢慢告訴我發生了什麽事。

If I choose to work on other projects in my own time, then I say that is my business.

如果我選擇在業餘時間做其他項目，我認爲那是我自己的事情。

As he sang he kept time on a small drum.

他邊唱邊和着節拍敲一個小鼓。

Some pulsars keep time better than the earth's most accurate clocks.

某些脈沖星發送脈沖比地球上最精確的時鐘都準時。

Before leaving the city, be sure to make time for a shopping trip. [+ for]

離開城市之前，一定要留出時間去買些東西。

She had made time for me in the midst of her busy schedule.

她在百忙中爲我騰出了時間。

I think you should always make time to see your friends.

我認爲無論何時你都應該留出看望朋友的時間。

They had left early in the morning, on quiet roads, and made good time.

他們一大早出發，一路上人車稀少，走得比預期快多了。

Five years older than the majority of officers of his same rank, he was determined to make up for lost time.

他比同一級别的大多數軍官年長 5 歲，因此他決心積極努力來彌補過去損失的時間。

He's really just marking time until he's old enough to leave.

他其實只是在消磨時光，等年齡一到就退休。

When they want something, nine times out of ten they get it.

他們想要什麽，十之八九都會得到。

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred when parents say to their children 'I know how you feel', they are lying.

當父母對孩子們說“我知道你的感受”時，他們十有八九在撒謊。

'Monopoly' is one of the best-selling games of all time.

“大富翁”是有史以來最暢銷的遊戲之一。

This is my favourite song of all time.

這是我有史以來最喜愛的一首歌。

Don't worry, she'll be on time.

别急，她會準時到的。

Their planes usually arrive on time.

他們的飛機通常都會準時抵達。

It now seems only a matter of time before they resign.

現在看來，他們辭職是早晚的事。

The doctors are confident he'll make a full recovery. It's just a question of time.

醫生們確信他會完全康複。這只是個時間問題。

It would be wrong to say that the Church doesn't enter the great moral debates of our time.

要說教會問題不是當代社會道德爭論的一大議題，那就錯了。

Without particular interest and just to pass the time, I read a story.

我讀了一篇故事，並非有什麽特别的興趣，僅僅爲了消遣。

During a lunch break, he and the buyer passed the time with some chitchat.

午飯休息時間，他與顧客談天閒聊以消磨時間。

One or two people went up and passed the time of day with her.

一兩個人走過去和她打了招呼。

They can't even say 'good morning' or pass the time of day.

他們甚至不會說“早上好”或打聲招呼。

The president's decision is being seen as an attempt to play for time.

總統的決定被視爲試圖爭取時間而故意拖延。

Change will come, but it will take time.

會有變化的，但這需要時間。

It takes time to build up intimacy.

建立親密關系是需要時間的。

'Take your time,' Cross told him. 'I'm in no hurry.'

“慢慢來，”克羅斯對他說，“我一點都不急。”

He took his time answering, knowing that he must select his words with great care.

他意識到自己必須言辭謹慎，於是不慌不忙地回答着問題。

My four-year-old daughter cannot quite tell the time.

我4歲大的女兒還不大會看表。

Burns had escaped from jail time after time.

伯恩斯屢次越獄。

Time after time, I hear these stories of missing children on the news.

我不斷從新聞節目中聽到這些關於孩子失蹤的報道。

Time flies when you're having fun.

開心的時光總是飛逝而去。

We're taking our little grandchild away with us. We'll make sure he has the time of his life.

我們會把小孫子帶走。我們一定會讓他過得開心。

For some it was awful, for others, particularly the young, it was the time of their lives.

對某些人來說，那糟透了;而對其他人，特别是年輕人來說，那是他們無比開心的日子。

He rushed home, realising there was no time to lose.

他意識到時間緊迫，於是急速趕回家。

Only time will tell whether Broughton's optimism is justified.

只有時間會驗證布勞頓的樂觀是否合理。

I can't see any problems, but time will tell.

我發現不了任何問題，但時間會驗證一切。

Tom wasted no time in telling me why he had come.

湯姆馬上告訴了我他來的原因。