课程笔记:
46. time [taim]
Basic need
音形义
Everyday Expressions
n. 时间;时
I can't afford time to visit all those places.
n. 作某种工作的时间
I don't have much time for rest.
n. 期限(加 a )
Would you please wait here for a time?
n. 时代;时势
Science makes progress with the times.
n. 次数
I met that foreign guy at least 4 times.
n. 倍
This is five times as long as that.
衍生词语
timely (适时发生的);
timer (定时器);
timeless (永远的)
复合词语
timetable (时间表;时刻表);
time-honored (历史悠久的);
time-consuming (耗费时间的)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
时空 time & space
首次 for the first time
最后一次 for the last time
暂时 for the time being
有时 from time to time
长时间 for a long time
一次又一次 time and time again
从前 once upon a time/long time ago
过得很快乐 to have a good time
钟表走得准时/不准时 to keep good/bad time
开快车,快速前进 make a good time
一直 all the time
依次、逐一 be at a time
曾经、一度 at one time
来得及 be in time for...
准时 be on time
提前 ahead of times
具有超前意识 ahead of one’s time
随时 at all time
多次,常常 many a time
与此同时 at the same time
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
time flies 光阴似箭
the time is ripe 时机成熟
time on one’s hands 闲暇
time limit 时限
good timing 正是时候
nine times out of ten 十之八九,几乎总是
take one's time 不着急
have a rough/hard time 吃苦
have time to kill 没事可做
it's high time to do 该做什么
it's only a matter of time 迟早会发生
behind the times 过时,落后的 (out of date)
long time no see好久不见
生活用语 Street Talks
1) Excuse me. Can you tell me what time is it?
(几点了?= Do you have the time?;有时间吗?= Do you have time?)
2) The judges, as you can imagine, had a very difficult time choosing a winner.
3) The teacher kept talking all the time.
4) Do one thing at a time. Haste makes waste.(欲速则不达;haste,匆忙)
5) At one time they were in love.(曾经,过去时态)
6)Don't worry, you may be in time for the bus.
7)I waited for you for a long time.
8)For the first time, I tried to give some serials thoughts about my life.
9)This money will do for the time being.
10)Victor buys me flowers from time to time.
11) My watch keeps good time.
12) A: Victoria is a good teacher.
B: I agree. But should she improve her timing, she would be a better one.
谚语 Proverbs
Time waits for no man.岁月不待人。
Other times,other names.此一时也,彼一时也。
Time is money.时间就是金钱。
There is no time like the present .现在就是做事的最佳时机。