time

noun

分钟、小时、年等 minutes/hours/years, etc.

1. （以分钟、小时、天等计量的）时间
   what is measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
   1. The changing seasons mark the passing of time .
      寒来暑往，斗转星移。
   2. A visit to the museum will take you back in time to the 1930s.
      参观这家博物馆就会使你回到20世纪30年代。
   3. time and space
      时间和空间
   4. As time went by we saw less and less of each other.
      随着时间的推移，我们见面越来越少。
   5. Perceptions change over time (= as time passes) .
      观念随着时间的流逝而变化。
2. （钟表所显示的）时间，钟点，时刻
   the time shown on a clock in minutes and hours
   1. What time is it/What's the time ?
      几点了？
   2. Do you have the time?
      你知道现在几点了吗？
   3. What time do you make it ?
      你说现在几点了？
   4. What time do you have ?
      你知道现在几点了吗？
   5. The time is now half past ten.
      现在是十点半。
   6. Can she tell the time yet (= say what time it is by looking at a clock) ?
      她会看钟表了吗？
   7. Can she tell time yet?
      她会看钟表了吗？
   8. My watch keeps perfect time (= always shows the correct time) .
      我的表走得很准。
   9. Look at the time! We'll be late.
      看几点了！我们要迟到了。
   10. This time tomorrow I'll be in Canada.
       明天这个时候我就在加拿大了。
3. （世界某一地区所计量的）时，时间
   the time measured in a particular part of the world
   1. Greenwich Mean Time
      格林尼治时间
   2. 6 o'clock local time
      当地时间6点钟
4. （某事发生或应该发生的）时间，时候
   the time when sth happens or when sth should happen
   1. What time do you finish work?
      你什么时候下班？
   2. The baby loves bath time.
      这婴儿喜欢洗澡的时候。
   3. I think it's time to go to bed.
      我想该睡觉了。
   4. It's time the kids were in bed.
      孩子们该睡觉了。
   5. It's time for lunch.
      午餐时间到了。
   6. A computer screen shows arrival and departure times.
      电脑屏幕显示出到达和离开的时间。
   7. The train arrived right on time (= at exactly the correct time) .
      火车准点到达。
   8. By the time you get there the meeting will be over.
      等你到了那里的时候，会议就该结束了。
   9. You'll feel differently about it when the time comes (= when it happens) .
      到时候你就觉得大不相同了。

时间段 period

5. 一段时间；（可用于工作、休息等的）一段时间
   an amount of time; the amount of time available to work, rest, etc.
   1. Allow plenty of time to get to the airport.
      留出足够的时间到达机场。
   2. He spends most of his time working.
      他把大部分时间都花在工作上。
   3. She doesn't have much free/spare time .
      她没有多少空余时间。
   4. I can probably make the time to see them.
      我大概能腾出时间去看望他们。
   5. What a waste of time !
      太浪费时间了！
   6. We have no time to lose (= we must hurry) .
      我们不能耽误时间了！
   7. It takes time to make changes in the law.
      修改法律还有待时日。
   8. I didn't finish the test─ I ran out of time .
      我没答完试卷，我的时间不够了。
   9. Time's up ─have you worked out the answer yet?
      时间到了，你得出答案了没有？
   10. He never takes any time off (= time spent not working) .
       他从不休息。
   11. Jane's worked here for some time (= for a fairly long period of time) .
       简在这儿工作已经有好些时候了。
   12. Do it now please─not in three hours' time (= three hours from now) .
       请现在就干，而不是三个小时之后。
   13. The journey time is two hours.
       旅程时间为两个小时。
6. （或长或短的）一段时间
   a period of time, either long or short, during which you do sth or sth happens
   1. His injuries will take a long time to heal.
      他的伤需要很长一段时间才能好。
   2. I lived in Egypt for a time .
      我在埃及住了一阵子。
   3. The early morning is the best time of day .
      清晨是一天最好的时光。
   4. Her parents died a long time ago .
      她的父母很早以前就去世了。
   5. At one time (= at a period of time in the past) Emily was my best friend.
      埃米莉一度是我最好的朋友。
   6. Mr Curtis was the manager in my time (= when I was working there) .
      我在那里工作时，柯蒂斯先生是经理。
7. 时期；时代；年代；世道
   a period of history connected with particular events or experiences in people's lives
   1. The movie is set at the time of the Russian revolution.
      这部电影以俄国革命时期为背景。
   2. in ancient times
      在古代
   3. the violent times we live in (= the present period of history)
      我们生逢的乱世
   4. Times are hard for the unemployed.
      对失业者来说，时世艰难。
   5. Times have changed since Grandma was young.
      世易时移，现在已不是祖母年轻时那会儿了。

次；事件 occasion/event

8. 次；回
   an occasion when you do sth or when sth happens
   1. Every time I hear that song I feel happy.
      我每次听到那首歌都感到很愉快。
   2. Next time you're here let's have lunch together.
      下次你到这里来，咱们一起吃午饭。
   3. He failed his driving test three times.
      他考了三次驾驶执照都没通过。
   4. He's determined to pass this time .
      这一回他决心要考及格。
   5. When was the last time you saw her?
      你上次是什么时候见到她的？
   6. How many times (= how often) do I have to tell you not to do that?
      我得跟你说多少回不要做那种事？
   7. I remember one time (= once) we had to abandon our car in the snow.
      我记得有一次我们迫于无奈把汽车丢弃在雪地里。
   8. At no time did I give my consent to the plan.
      我从未同意过这项计划。
9. （以某种方式经历的）事件，时刻
   an event or occasion that you experience in a particular way
   1. Did you have a good time in Spain?
      你在西班牙过得愉快吗？
   2. I had an awful time in the hospital.
      我在医院的日子可真难熬。

赛跑 for race

10. （完成赛跑或竞赛项目的）所用时间
    how long sb takes to run a race or complete an event
    1. The winner's time was 11.6 seconds.
       获胜者的时间是11.6秒。
    2. She completed the 500 metres in record time (= faster than any previous runner) .
       她以破纪录的时间跑完了500米。
    3. one of the fastest times ever
       历来最快的成绩之一

音乐 in music

11. 拍子；节拍
    the number of beats in a bar/measure of music
    1. This piece is in four-four time.
       这首乐曲为四分之四拍。
    2. a slow waltz time
       缓慢的华尔兹节拍
    3. The conductor beat time with a baton.
       指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
12. （乐曲正确的）速度，节奏
    the correct speed and rhythm of a piece of music
    1. Try and dance in time to the music (= with the same speed and rhythm) .
       要跟上音乐的节奏跳舞。
    2. Clap your hands to keep time (= sing or play with the correct speed and rhythm) .
       随着节奏拍手。
    3. to play in/out of time (= follow/not follow the correct speed and rhythm)
       演奏得合 / 不合节奏
    4. He always plays in perfect time.
       他演奏的节奏总是准确无误。

verb

安排时间 arrange time

1. 为…安排时间；选择…的时机
   to arrange to do sth or arrange for sth to happen at a particular time
   1. She timed her arrival for shortly after 3.
      她定在3点钟刚过到达。
   2. Their request was badly timed (= it was made at the wrong time) .
      他们的要求提得不合时宜。
   3. ‘I hope we're not too early.’ ‘You couldn't have timed it better!’
      “我希望我们没有到得太早。”“你们来的时间再合适不过了。”
   4. Publication of his biography was timed to coincide with his 70th birthday celebrations.
      他的传记特别安排在他的70寿诞庆典时出版。

计量时间 measure time

2. 计时；测定…所需的时间
   to measure how long it takes for sth to happen or for sb to do sth
   1. The winner was timed at 20.4 seconds.
      获胜者用的时间为20.4秒。
   2. Time how long it takes you to answer the questions.
      记一下自己回答这些问题所需的时间。

体育运动 in sport

3. 在某一时刻击球（或踢球）
   to hit or kick a ball at a particular moment in a sports game
   1. She timed the pass perfectly.
      她传球的时机掌握得恰到好处。
   2. a beautifully timed shot
      时机把握得绝妙的一击

1. N-UNCOUNT 时间
   Time is what we measure in minutes, hours, days, and years.
   1. ...a two-week period of time...
      两周的时间
   2. Time passed, and still Ma did not appear...
      时间一点点过去，马先生仍然没有出现。
   3. As time went on the visits got more and more regular...
      随着时间的流逝，探访变得越来越频繁。
   4. The social significance of religion has changed over time.
      宗教的社会意义随着时间的变迁已经发生了变化。
2. N-SING 时刻;时候;钟点
   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.
   1. 'What time is it?' — 'Eight o'clock.'...
      “几点钟了？”——“8点钟。”
   2. He asked me the time...
      他问我几点了。
   3. What time did he leave?...
      他什么时候离开的？
   4. I phoned my mother to ask what time she was coming home...
      我打电话给母亲问她几点回家。
   5. The time is now 19 minutes past the hour.
      现在的时间是整点过19分。
3. See also: Departure times are 08:15 from St Quay, and 18:15 from St Helier. opening time
4. N-UNCOUNT (某一时区的)时间
   You use time to refer to the system of expressing time and counting hours that is used in a particular part of the world.
   1. The tidal predictions are expressed in Greenwich Mean Time. Add one hour for British Summer Time...
      潮汐预报用的是格林尼治标准时间。英国夏令时要在标准时基础上加一小时。
   2. The incident happened just after ten o'clock local time.
      事件发生在当地时间 10 点刚过。
5. N-UNCOUNT (用来做某事或某事发生的)时间
   You use time to refer to the period that you spend doing something or when something has been happening.
   1. Adam spent a lot of time in his grandfather's office...
      亚当经常呆在他祖父的办公室里。
   2. He wouldn't have the time or money to take care of me...
      他既不会有时间也不会有钱来照顾我。
   3. Listen to me, I haven't got much time...
      听着，我没多少时间。
   4. It's obvious that you need more time to think...
      显然你需要更多时间来思考。
   5. The route was blocked for some time...
      道路被堵了一段时间。
   6. For a long time I didn't tell anyone...
      很久我都没有告诉任何人。
   7. A short time later they sat down to eat...
      过了一小会儿，他们坐下来吃东西。
   8. Thank you very much for your time.
      非常感谢你抽出了宝贵时间。
6. N-SING (相当长的)一段时间
   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.
   1. He was also for a time the art critic of 'The Scotsman'...
      有相当长的一段时间他为《苏格兰人》报撰写艺术评论。
   2. He stayed for quite a time...
      他呆了相当长的一段时间。
   3. After a time they came to a pond.
      过了好久，他们来到一个池塘。
7. N-COUNT (某事发生的)一段(或特定)时间
   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.
   1. We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time...
      我们那时在同一所学院，当时只招男生。
   2. By this time he was thirty...
      到那时他 30 岁了。
   3. During the time I was married I tried to be the perfect wife...
      在那段婚姻生活中，我努力要做个完美的妻子。
   4. It was a time of terrible uncertainty...
      那是一切都很不确定的一段时间。
   5. Homes are more affordable than at any time in the past five years...
      现在住宅比过去5年里的任何时候都要便宜。
   6. It seemed like a good time to tell her...
      那似乎是告诉她的好时机。
   7. There were times when he would ring his bell at all hours of the day or night.
      有段时间，他白天或晚上随时都可能摁铃。
8. N-COUNT 历史时期;时代
   You use time or times to talk about a particular period in history or in your life.
   1. They were hard times and his parents had been struggling to raise their family...
      那是段艰苦时期，他父母一直艰辛地养家糊口。
   2. We'll be alone together, quite like old times...
      我们会单独在一起，就像过去那样。
   3. We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times...
      我们正在经历现代最严重的一段经济衰退。
   4. A 'Felucca' is the traditional Nile sailboat, unchanged since the time of the pharaohs.
      Felucca 是尼罗河地区的传统帆船，自法老时代起就没有变过。
9. N-PLURAL 当代;时代潮流
   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.
   1. He is unafraid to move with the times...
      他敢于与时俱进。
   2. 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。
   3. Johnny has changed his image to fit the times.
      约翰尼已经改变了他的形象以迎合时代潮流。
10. N-COUNT (经历的)一段时间，时期
    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.
    1. Sarah and I had a great time while the kids were away...
       孩子们不在的时候，我和萨拉度过了一段美好时光。
    2. She's had a really tough time the last year and a half...
       这一年半以来，她度过了一段非常艰难的时期。
    3. You had an easy time of it at home...
       你在家度过了一段轻松时光。
    4. I try to remember all the good times I've had here.
       我试着回忆在这里度过的所有美好时光。
11. N-SING 生命（期）;期限;时限
    Your time is the amount of time that you have to live, or to do a particular thing.
    1. Now Martin has begun to suffer the effects of AIDS, and he says his time is running out...
       现在马丁开始遭受艾滋病的折磨，他说他的生命就要走到尽头。
    2. Every administration has its time. And when your time is over, you leave...
       每届政府都有其执政期限，任期届满时就得下台。
    3. I doubt I would change anything if I had my time again.
       如果能重新活过，我不确定自己是否愿意做出任何改变。
12. N-UNCOUNT (从事特定活动的)合适时候
    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.
    1. Opinion polls indicated a feeling among the public that it was time for a change...
       民意测验表明，公众认为到了改革的时候了。
    2. It was time for him to go to work...
       他该去上班了。
    3. This was no time to make a speech...
       这不是长篇大论的时候。
    4. The time has come to put an end to the conflict...
       结束冲突的时候到了。
    5. It's time you went to school.
       你该去上学了。
13. N-COUNT 次;回
    When you talk about a time when something happens, you are referring to a specific occasion when it happens.
    1. Every time she travels on the bus it's delayed by at least three hours...
       每次她乘公车出行都至少耽搁3个小时。
    2. The last time I saw her was about sixteen years ago...
       我上次见她大约是 16 年前了。
    3. House prices are rising for the first time since November...
       房价自 11 月以来首次上涨。
    4. Next time you go shopping, throw in a few extra fruit and vegetables...
       下次你去买东西，多买点水果蔬菜。
    5. Remember that time she picked up my daughter when I was ill?
       还记得那次我生病，她替我接女儿吗？
14. N-COUNT 次
    You use time after numbers to say how often something happens.
    1. It was her job to make tea three times a day...
       她的差事就是每天沏3次茶。
    2. How many times has your mother told you never to talk to strangers?...
       你母亲告诉你多少次了，绝不能和陌生人谈话？
    3. The Masters golf tournament was won a second time by the American Ben Hogan.
       美国的本·霍根再次夺得高尔夫大师锦标赛冠军。

You do not say 'one time a year' or 'two times a year'; you say once a year or twice a year. You also do not say 'two times as much'; you say twice as much.
“一年一次”或“一年两次”不能说 one time a year 或 two times a year，而要说 once a year 或 twice a year。“两倍那么多”也不能说 two times as much，而要说 twice as much。

15. N-PLURAL 倍
    You use times after numbers when comparing one thing to another and saying, for example, how much bigger, smaller, better, or worse it is.
    1. Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company...
       它的利润增长速度比一般公司快4倍。
    2. Young people were several times more likely to be out of work than older members of the workforce...
       劳动人口中，年轻人失业的可能性是年长者的好几倍。
    3. He polled four times as many votes as his rival.
       他得到的选票数量是竞选对手的4倍。
    4. ...an area five times the size of Britain.
       面积为英国领土5倍大的区域
16. CONJ-COORD 乘以
    You use times in arithmetic to link numbers or amounts that are multiplied together to reach a total.
    1. Four times six is 24.
       4 乘以 6 等于 24。
17. N-COUNT (赛跑等)所用时间，成绩
    Someone's time in a race is the amount of time it takes them to finish the race.
    1. He was over a second faster than his previous best time...
       他比自己以前的最好成绩快了 1 秒多。
    2. She recorded a time of two minutes 8.74 seconds.
       她以两分 8 秒 74 的成绩创了纪录。
18. N-UNCOUNT 拍子;节拍
    The time of a piece of music is the number of beats that the piece has in each bar.
    1. A reel is in four-four time, and a jig is in six-eight time.
       里尔舞曲是四四拍，吉格舞曲是六八拍。
19. VERB 给…确定时间;为…安排时间
    If you time something for a particular time, you plan or decide to do it or cause it to happen at this time.
    1. He timed the election to coincide with new measures to boost the economy...
       他把选举安排在振兴经济的新政策出台时。
    2. We had timed our visit for March 7...
       我们把访问时间确定在3月7日。
    3. He had timed his intervention well...
       他选择介入的时机恰到好处。
    4. Operation Amazon is timed to coincide with the start of the dry season.
       拯救亚马孙河的行动安排在了旱季来临之际。
20. VERB 测定…所花时间
    If you time an action or activity, you measure how long someone takes to do it or how long it lasts.
    1. He timed each performance with a stop-watch.
       他用秒表测定每组动作所花的时间。
21. See also: timing
22. PHRASE 该是…的时候了;早该…了
    If you say it is about time that something was done, you are saying in an emphatic way that it should happen or be done now, and really should have happened or been done sooner.
    1. It's about time a few movie makers with original ideas were given a chance...
       该给为数不多的几个有创见的电影制作者一个机会了。
    2. 'Here she is.' — 'About time too.'
       “她来了。”——“也早该来了。”
23. PHRASE 提前;预先
    If you do something ahead of time, you do it before a particular event or before you need to, in order to be well prepared.
    1. Find out ahead of time what regulations apply to your situation.
       提前搞清楚什么规章适用于你的情况。
24. PHRASE (思想)先进，领先于时代
    If someone is ahead of their time or before their time, they have new ideas a long time before other people start to think in the same way.
    1. My mother was ahead of her time. She surrounded me with culture and art.
       我母亲思想前卫，给予了我文化和艺术的熏陶。
    2. His only fundamental mistake, he insists, is that he was 20 years before his time.
       他坚持认为，他仅有的根本性错误是他比时代超前了20年。
25. PHRASE 一直;始终
    If something happens or is done all the time, it happens or is done continually.
    1. We can't be together all the time...
       我们不能始终在一起。
    2. I get the two of them mixed up all the time, they're so similar.
       我一直把他们俩弄混，他俩太像了。
26. PHRASE 一次;每次
    You say at a time after an amount to say how many things or how much of something is involved in one action, place, or group.
    1. Beat in the eggs, one at a time...
       打入鸡蛋，一次一个。
    2. She ran for the staircase and down the steps, taking them two at a time...
       她跑向楼梯，一步两级地奔下台阶。
    3. Do you sometimes find that you are doing very little physical exercise for several weeks at a time?
       你有时会不会发现自己一连几个星期都没怎么锻炼过？
27. PHRASE 随时;任何时候
    If something could happen at any time, it is possible that it will happen very soon, though nobody can predict exactly when.
    1. Conditions are still very tense and the fighting could escalate at any time.
       局势仍然非常紧张，战斗随时可能升级。
28. PHRASE 即使在最好的情况下
    You say at the best of times when you are making a negative or critical comment to emphasize that it is true even when the circumstances are as favourable as possible.
    1. A trade war would be bad at the best of times, but in the current economic climate, it would be a disaster.
       即使在情况最好的时候贸易战都是有害无利的，而在当前这种经济形势下只会是一场灾难。
29. PHRASE 一度;曾经
    If you say that something was the case at one time, you mean that it was the case during a particular period in the past.
    1. At one time 400 men, women and children lived in the village.
       曾经有 400 个男人、女人和孩子居住在村子里。
    2. ...enormous glaciers, which at one time covered vast areas of the northern hemisphere.
       一度覆盖了北半球辽阔区域的巨大冰川
30. PHRASE 同时
    If two or more things exist, happen, or are true at the same time, they exist, happen, or are true together although they seem to contradict each other.
    1. I was afraid of her, but at the same time I really liked her...
       我害怕她，但同时也确实喜欢她。
    2. She was somehow able to look sad and cheerful at the same time.
       她能够做出又悲又喜的神情。
31. PHRASE 然而;不过
    At the same time is used to introduce a statement that slightly changes or contradicts the previous statement.
    1. 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.
       我不觉得我一开始就特意为每张专辑设定了不同的曲风。然而，我确实知道当时想要的是什么感觉。
32. PHRASE 有时;间或
    You use at times to say that something happens or is true on some occasions or at some moments.
    1. The debate was highly emotional at times...
       辩论有时变得异常情绪化。
    2. At times she had an overwhelming desire to see him...
       她有时会特别想见他。
    3. He went on listening to her, at times impatient and at times fascinated.
       他继续听她讲，有时很不耐烦，有时深受吸引。
33. PHRASE 在…出生以前；在…有记忆前
    If you say that something was before your time, you mean that it happened or existed before you were born or before you were able to know about it or remember it.
    1. 'You've never seen the Marilyn Monroe film?' — 'No, I think it was a bit before my time.'
       “你从来没看过玛丽莲·梦露演的电影？”——“是的，她拍电影时我还不记事呢。”
34. PHRASE 过早
    If someone has reached a particular stage in life before their time, they have reached it at a younger age than is normal.
    1. The small print has forced me, years before my time, to buy spectacles...
       印刷文字过小迫使我早早就要买眼镜戴。
    2. There is nothing like a college town to make you feel old before your time.
       没有哪个地方能像大学城那样让你感到未老先衰。
35. PHRASE 早该发生；早该如此
    If you say not before time after a statement has been made about something that has been done, you are saying in an emphatic way that you think it should have been done sooner.
    1. The virus is getting more and more attention, and not before time...
       这种病毒正受到越来越多的关注，其实早该如此。
    2. Not before time, that is about to change.
       那一切总算要变了。
36. PHRASE 结束
    If you call time on something, you end it.
    1. Scott Hastings has called time on his international career by cutting short his contract.
       斯科特·黑斯廷斯中止合同，结束了他的国际比赛生涯。
37. PHRASE 坐牢;服刑
    Someone who is doing time is in prison.
    1. He is serving 11 years for robbery, and did time for a similar offence before that.
       他因犯抢劫罪正在服11年的刑期，此前他也曾因类似罪行蹲过监狱。
38. PHRASE 永远
    If you say that something will be the case for all time, you mean that it will always be the case.
    1. The desperate condition of the world is that madness has always been here, and that it will remain so for all time.
       这个世界令人绝望的是，疯狂之事一直存在，而且将永远存在下去。
39. PHRASE 目前;暂时
    If something is the case or will happen for the time being, it is the case or will happen now, but only until something else becomes possible or happens.
    1. For the time being, however, immunotherapy is still in its experimental stages...
       但免疫疗法目前仍处于实验阶段。
    2. The situation is calm for the time being.
       局势暂时稳定。
40. PHRASE 不时地;间或;偶尔
    If you do something from time to time, you do it occasionally but not regularly.
    1. Her daughters visited him from time to time when he was ill.
       他生病的时候她的女儿们时常去探望他。
41. PHRASE 常常;几乎总是
    If you say that something is the case half the time you mean that it often is the case.
    1. Half the time, I don't have the slightest idea what he's talking about.
       我经常一点儿都听不懂他在说什么。
42. PHRASE 不喜欢/喜欢;不赞成/赞成
    If you say that you have no time for a person or thing, you mean you do not like them or approve of them, and if you say that you have a lot of time for a person or thing, you mean you like them or approve of them very much.
    1. When I think of what he's done to my mother and me, I've just got no time for him...
       想到他对母亲和我所做的一切，我就很讨厌他。
    2. I have got a lot of time for people who are prepared to put the welfare of their party above their own vanity.
       我很钦佩那些不计个人名利，以政党的利益为重的人。
43. PHRASE (早)该…了;是时候…了
    If you say that it is high time that something happened or was done, you are saying in an emphatic way that it should happen or be done now, and really should have happened or been done sooner.
    1. It is high time the Government displayed a more humanitarian approach towards victims of the recession...
       政府早该对受到经济衰退影响的人们采取更加人性化的救助措施。
    2. It is high time to consider the problem on a global scale.
       早该从全球视角考虑问题了。
44. PHRASE 及时;不迟
    If you are in time for a particular event, you are not too late for it.
    1. I arrived just in time for my flight to London...
       我及时赶上了飞往伦敦的航班。
    2. She set the alarm so she'd wake up in time to give her two sons their medication.
       她定了闹钟，以便及时醒来给两个儿子服药。
45. PHRASE 最终;迟早
    If you say that something will happen in time or given time, you mean that it will happen eventually, when a lot of time has passed.
    1. He would sort out his own problems, in time...
       他早晚会解决自己的问题。
    2. Tina believed that, given time, her business would become profitable.
       蒂娜相信假以时日，她的生意一定会盈利。
46. PHRASE 合拍/不合拍
    If you are playing, singing, or dancing in time with a piece of music, you are following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly. If you are out of time with it, you are not following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly.
    1. Her body swayed in time with the music...
       她的身体随着音乐节拍摆动。
    2. We were standing onstage playing completely out of time.
       我们站在舞台上，演奏得完全不合节拍。
47. PHRASE 在…之后
    If you say that something will happen, for example, in a week's time or in two years' time, you mean that it will happen a week from now or two years from now.
    1. Presidential elections are due to be held in ten days' time...
       总统竞选将在10天后如期举行。
    2. In a year's time we will all be laughing about it.
       一年以后我们都会对此一笑置之。
48. PHRASE 提早，提前(到达)
    If you arrive somewhere in good time, you arrive early so that there is time to spare before a particular event.
    1. If we're out, we always make sure we're home in good time for the programme.
       如果外出，我们总是确保在节目开始之前赶回家。
49. PHRASE 慢慢来;别急;来得及
    If you tell someone that something will happen in good time or all in good time, you are telling them to be patient because it will happen eventually.
    1. There will be many advanced exercises that you won't be able to do at first. You will get to them in good time...
       有许多难度较大的动作你起初不会做，但慢慢就会了。
    2. 'I can't wait to be grown up.' — 'All in good time.'
       “我等不及要长大了。”——“别急，你总会长大的。”
50. PHRASE 立刻;马上
    If something happens in no time or in next to no time, it happens almost immediately or very quickly.
    1. He's going to be just fine. At his age he'll heal in no time...
       他会好起来的。以他的年纪，他很快就会痊愈。
    2. He expects to be out of prison in next to no time.
       他期盼着立即出狱。
51. PHRASE 从容地;不慌不忙地
    If you do something in your own time, you do it at the speed that you choose, rather than allowing anyone to hurry you.
    1. Now, in your own time, tell me what happened.
       现在慢慢告诉我发生了什么事。
52. PHRASE 在业余时间;在空闲时间
    If you do something such as work in your own time in British English, or on your own time in American English, you do it in your free time rather than, for example, at work or school.
    1. If I choose to work on other projects in my own time, then I say that is my business.
       如果我选择在业余时间做其他项目，我认为那是我自己的事情。

1. Time passed, and still Ma did not appear
   时间一点点过去，马先生仍然没有出现。
2. 'What time is it?' — 'Eight o'clock.'
   “几点钟了？”——“8点钟。”
3. The tidal predictions are expressed in Greenwich Mean Time. Add one hour for British Summer Time
   潮汐预报用的是格林尼治标准时间。英国夏令时要在标准时基础上加一小时。
4. Adam spent a lot of time in his grandfather's office
   亚当经常呆在他祖父的办公室里。
5. He was also for a time the art critic of 'The Scotsman'
   有相当长的一段时间他为《苏格兰人》报撰写艺术评论。
6. We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time
   我们那时在同一所学院，当时只招男生。
7. They were hard times and his parents had been struggling to raise their family
   那是段艰苦时期，他父母一直艰辛地养家糊口。
8. He is unafraid to move with the times
   他敢于与时俱进。
9. Sarah and I had a great time while the kids were away
   孩子们不在的时候，我和萨拉度过了一段美好时光。
10. Now Martin has begun to suffer the effects of AIDS, and he says his time is running out
    现在马丁开始遭受艾滋病的折磨，他说他的生命就要走到尽头。
11. Opinion polls indicated a feeling among the public that it was time for a change
    民意测验表明，公众认为到了改革的时候了。
12. Every time she travels on the bus it's delayed by at least three hours
    每次她乘公车出行都至少耽搁3个小时。
13. It was her job to make tea three times a day
    她的差事就是每天沏3次茶。
14. Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company
    它的利润增长速度比一般公司快4倍。
15. He was over a second faster than his previous best time
    他比自己以前的最好成绩快了1秒多。
16. A reel is in four-four time, and a jig is in six-eight time.
    里尔舞曲是四四拍，吉格舞曲是六八拍。
17. He timed the election to coincide with new measures to boost the economy
    他把选举安排在振兴经济的新政策出台时。
18. He timed each performance with a stop-watch.
    他用秒表测定每组动作所花的时间。
19. It's about time a few movie makers with original ideas were given a chance
    该给为数不多的几个有创见的电影制作者一个机会了。
20. Find out ahead of time what regulations apply to your situation.
    提前搞清楚什么规章适用于你的情况。
21. My mother was ahead of her time. She surrounded me with culture and art.
    我母亲思想前卫，给予了我文化和艺术的熏陶。
22. Beat in the eggs, one at a time
    打入鸡蛋，一次一个。
23. Conditions are still very tense and the fighting could escalate at any time.
    局势仍然非常紧张，战斗随时可能升级。
24. A trade war would be bad at the best of times, but in the current economic climate, it would be a disaster.
    即使在情况最好的时候贸易战都是有害无利的，而在当前这种经济形势下只会是一场灾难。
25. At one time 400 men, women and children lived in the village.
    曾经有400个男人、女人和孩子居住在村子里。
26. I was afraid of her, but at the same time I really liked her
    我害怕她，但同时也确实喜欢她。
27. 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.
    我不觉得我一开始就特意为每张专辑设定了不同的曲风。然而，我确实知道当时想要的是什么感觉。
28. The debate was highly emotional at times
    辩论有时变得异常情绪化。
29. 'You've never seen the Marilyn Monroe film?' — 'No, I think it was a bit before my time.'
    “你从来没看过玛丽莲·梦露演的电影？”——“是的，她拍电影时我还不记事呢。”

  opportunity chance occasion time【导航词义：机会】

  opportunity n. 机会，时机

〔辨析〕指能够做某事或容易做成某事的机会，作此义解时常可与 chance 换用；也可指得到工作或提升的机会。

  chance n. 机会，机遇

〔辨析〕指做想做之事的适当时机，侧重指偶然或意外的机会。

  occasion n. 时机，机会

〔辨析〕指合适的机会或有利的时机，通常用单数，常后接介词 for。

  time n. （可利用的）时间

〔辨析〕指能够用来做某事的一段时间，多用于口语。

n.

(and) about time (too)

(and) not before time

• 早该发生；早该如此
  used to say that sth should have happened before now

against time

• 争分夺秒；抢时间
  if you do sth against time , you do it as fast as you can because you do not have much time
  1. They're working against time to try and get people out of the rubble alive.
     他们正在争分夺秒工作，设法把人们从瓦砾中活着救出来。

ahead of/behind time

• 提前；拖后
  earlier/later than was expected
  1. We finished 15 minutes ahead of time.
     我们提前15分钟完成。

ahead of your time

• 超越时代的；有超前意识的；具有前瞻性的
  having advanced or new ideas that other people use or copy later

all the time

the whole time

• （在某段时间内）一直，始终
  during the whole of a particular period of time
  1. The letter was in my pocket all the time (= while I was looking for it) .
     这信一直在我的口袋里。
• 经常；总是；老是
  very often; repeatedly
  1. She leaves the lights on all the time.
     她总是让灯亮着。

at all times

• 总是；随时；永远
  always
  1. Our representatives are ready to help you at all times.
     我们的代表随时准备帮助你。

at the best of times

• 即使在最好的情况下
  even when the circumstances are very good
  1. He's never very happy at the best of times─he'll be much worse now!
     他即使在情绪最好的时候也从未很高兴过，现在就更糟了！

at the same time

• 同时；一起
  at one time; together
  1. She was laughing and crying at the same time.
     她又哭又笑。
• （用以引出必须予以考虑的相对情况）同时，也，然而，不过
  used to introduce a contrasting fact, etc. that must be considered
  1. You have to be firm, but at the same time you should try and be sympathetic.
     你必须要严格，不过也应尽量怀有同情心。

at a time

• 每次；逐一；依次
  separately or in groups of two, three, etc. on each occasion
  1. We had to go and see the principal one at a time.
     我们得逐一去见校长。
  2. She ran up the stairs two at a time.
     她一步两阶地跑上楼梯。

at my, your, his, etc. time of life

• 在…这样的年纪（尤指不年轻时）
  at the age you are (especially when you are not young)
  1. Eyesight doesn't get any better at my time of life.
     到我这把年纪，视力绝不会变好的。

at times

• 有时；间或
  sometimes
  1. He can be really bad-tempered at times.
     他有的时候脾气可真坏。

before my, your, his, etc. time

• 在…出生（或记事、在世、工作等）之前
  happening before you were born or can remember or before you lived, worked, etc. somewhere
  1. ‘Were you taught by Professor Pascal?’ ‘No, he was before my time.’
     “帕斯卡尔教授教过你吗？”“没有，他教书时我还没有入校呢。”
• 过早；提前
  before the usual time in sb's life when sth happens
  1. She got old before her time.
     她过早地衰老了。

behind the times

• （思想、方法等）落伍，过时，陈旧
  old-fashioned in your ideas, methods, etc.

do time

• 坐牢；蹲监狱
  to spend time in prison

every time

• 无论何时；一有机会
  whenever there is a choice
  1. I don't really like cities─give me the countryside every time.
     我实在是不喜欢城市，一有机会就让我去乡村吧。

for the time being

• 暂时；眼下
  for a short period of time but not permanently
  1. You can leave your suitcase here for the time being.
     你可以暂时把衣箱留在这儿。

from time to time

• 不时；有时；偶尔；间或
  occasionally but not regularly
  1. She has to work at weekends from time to time.
     她偶尔周末还得工作。

have a lot of time for sb/sth

• 喜欢；对…感兴趣；愿意为…花时间
  to like and be interested in sb/sth

have no time for sb/sth

not have much time for sb/sth

• 不喜欢；讨厌；不愿为…花时间
  to dislike sb/sth
  1. I have no time for lazy people like Steve.
     我讨厌像史蒂夫这样的懒汉。

have the time of your life

• 过得很快乐；玩得痛快
  to enjoy yourself very much

have time on your hands

have time to kill

• 无所事事；没事可干；闲着
  to have nothing to do or not be busy

in good time

• 及早；有足够的时间
  early; with enough time so that you are not in a hurry

(all) in good time

• 会按时做（或出现）；不消多久
  used to say that sth will be done or will happen at the appropriate time and not before
  1. Be patient, Emily! All in good time.
     埃米莉，别急！快好了。

in (less than/next to) no time

• 短暂（或快）得令人吃惊；立刻；马上；一会儿
  so soon or so quickly that it is surprising
  1. The kids will be leaving home in no time.
     孩子们很快就要离开家了。

in time

• 经过一段时间之后；迟早；最后；终于
  after a period of time when a situation has changed
  1. They learned to accept their stepmother in time.
     过了一段时间之后他们学会了接受他们的继母。

in time (for sth/to do sth)

• 来得及；及时
  not late; with enough time to be able to do sth
  1. Will we be in time for the six o'clock train?
     我们来得及赶上六点钟的那趟火车吗？
  2. The ambulance got there just in time (= to save sb's life) .
     救护车正好及时赶到那里。

in your own (good) time

• 在准备停当时
  when you are ready and not sooner
  1. Don't hassle him! He'll do it in his own good time.
     别唠唠叨叨地烦他了！他准备好时就会做的。

in your own time

• 在业余时间；在空闲时
  in your free time and not when you usually work or study

it's about/high time

• 差不多 / 现在是…的时候了
  used to say that you think sb should do sth soon
  1. It's about time you cleaned your room!
     你该打扫自己的房间了！

keep up/move with the times

• 跟上时代；跟着潮流
  to change and develop your ideas, way of working, etc. so that you do what is modern and what is expected

make good, etc. time

• 在路上花的时间很短
  to complete a journey quickly
  1. We made excellent time and arrived in Spain in two days.
     我们一路很顺当，两天后就到了西班牙。

many a time

many's the time (that)…

• 多次；常常；屡屡
  many times; frequently

nine times out of ten

ninety-nine times out of a hundred

• 十有八九；几乎总是
  used to say that sth is usually true or almost always happens
  1. Nine times out of ten she gives the right answer.
     她的答案十有八九是对的。

(and) not before time

(and) not before time

not give sb the time of day

• 对某人厌弃不睬
  to refuse to speak to sb because you do not like or respect them
  1. Since the success of her novel, people shake her hand who once wouldn't have given her the time of day.
     自从她的小说获得成功之后，曾经懒得答理她的人也跟她握起手来。

(there is) no time like the present

• 现在是做…的最佳时机；现在不做更待何时
  now is the best time to do sth, not in the future

of all time

• 自古以来；有史以来；从未有过
  that has ever existed
  1. Many rated him the best singer of all time.
     许多人认为他是有史以来最优秀的歌手。

take your time (over sth)

take your time to do sth/doing sth

• 从容不迫；慢慢来
  to use as much time as you need without hurrying
  1. There's no rush─take your time.
     别着急，慢慢来。
• 迟到；慢慢腾腾；磨磨蹭蹭
  used to say you think sb is late or is too slow in doing sth
  1. You certainly took your time getting here!
     你真是姗姗来迟啊！

take time out

• 抽出时间（暂停工作或活动）；忙里偷闲
  to spend some time away from your usual work or activity in order to rest or do sth else instead
  1. She is taking time out from her music career for a year.
     她将抽出一年的时间，暂不从事音乐事业。

time after time

time and (time) again

• 一次又一次；一再；屡屡；总是
  often; on many or all occasions
  1. You will get a perfect result time after time if you follow these instructions.
     如果你遵循这些用法说明，每次都会得到最佳的效果。

time and a half

• 通常工资的一倍半
  one and a half times the usual rate of pay

time flies

• 时间过得真快；光阴似箭；时光飞逝
  time seems to pass very quickly
  1. How time flies! I've got to go now.
     时间过得真快！现在我得走了。
  2. Time has flown since the holiday began.
     假日一开始，时间就过得飞快。

time is money

• 时间就是金钱；一寸光阴一寸金
  time is valuable, and should not be wasted

time is on your side

• 有的是时间（等待某事发生或做某事）
  used to say that sb can wait for sth to happen or can wait before doing sth

(the) next, first, second, etc. time round

• 同样的事情下次（或第一次等）发生时
  on the next, first, etc. occasion that the same thing happens
  1. He repeated none of the errors he'd made first time round.
     他没有重复过首次所犯下的任何错误。
  2. This time round it was not so easy.
     这一次这事可就不那么容易了。

time was (when)…

• 曾经有那么个时候…；那年头…
  used to say that sth used to happen in the past

time (alone) will tell

only time will tell

• （只有）时间会证明
  used to say that you will have to wait for some time to find out the result of a situation
  1. Only time will tell if the treatment has been successful.
     只有时间才能证明这种疗法是否成功。

the whole time

the whole time

beat time (to sth)

• （随着音乐）打拍子
  to mark or follow the rhythm of music, by waving a stick, tapping your foot, etc.
  1. She beat time with her fingers.
     她用手指打拍子。

bide your time

• 等待时机
  to wait for the right time to do sth

be (living) on borrowed time

be (living) on borrowed time

buy time

• 拖延时间
  to do sth in order to delay an event, a decision, etc.

call time (on sth)

• 宣布结束；决定结束
  to say or decide that it is time for sth to finish

in the course of time

• 总有一天；最后；终于
  when enough time has passed
  1. It is possible that in the course of time a cure for cancer will be found.
     治疗癌症的方法终有一天能找到。

take it/things one day at a time

• 得过且过；做一天和尚撞一天钟；过一天算一天
  to not think about what will happen in the future
  1. I don't know if he'll get better. We're just taking it one day at a time.
     我不知道他还能不能好转，我们只有过一天算一天。

a devil of a job/time

• 费力（或令人讨厌）的事；难熬（或令人不快）的日子
  a very difficult or unpleasant job or time
  1. I've had a devil of a job finding you.
     我费了九牛二虎之力才找到你。

have an easy time (of it)

• 日子好过；过得舒适；毫无困难
  to have no difficulties or problems

there's a first time for everything

• 没有发生的事情并不意味着永远不会发生；什么事情都有第一次
  the fact that sth has not happened before does not mean that it will never happen

from that day/time forth

• 从那天起；从那时以后
  beginning on that day; from that time

in the fullness of time

• 在适当时候，时机成熟时（尤指久待之后）
  when the time is appropriate, usually after a long period

gain time

• （通过拖延）赢得时间
  to delay sth so that you can have more time to make a decision, deal with a problem, etc.

give me sth/sb (any day/time)

• 我宁愿；我更喜欢；我宁可选择
  used to say that you prefer a particular thing or person to the one that has just been mentioned
  1. We don't go out much. Give me a quiet night in front of the TV any day!
     我们不常出去。我宁愿坐在电视机前安安静静地过一夜！

give sb a hard time

• 给某人找茬儿；使某人不好过
  to deliberately make a situation difficult and unpleasant for sb
  1. They really gave me a hard time at the interview.
     面试时他们确实是在难为我。

have a high old time

• 玩得很开心
  to enjoy yourself very much

kill time

kill an hour, a couple of hours, etc.

• （等待时）消磨时间，打发时光
  to spend time doing sth that is not important while you are waiting for sth else to happen
  1. We killed time playing cards.
     我们打纸牌消磨时间。

long time no see

• 好久不见了
  used to say hello to sb you have not seen for a long time

make up for lost time

• （加快或加紧做某事以）弥补失去的时间
  to do sth quickly or very often because you wish you had started doing it sooner

better luck next time

• （鼓励未成功的人）祝下次好运
  used to encourage sb who has not been successful at sth

mark time

mark time

it's just/only a matter of time (before…)

• 早晚的事；只是时间问题
  used to say that sth will definitely happen, although you are not sure when
  1. It's only a matter of time before they bring out their own version of the software.
     他们推出自己的软件只是个时间问题。

move with the times

• 顺应时代；顺应潮流
  to change the way you think and behave according to changes in society

in the nick of time

• 在最后一刻；紧要关头；恰是时候
  at the very last moment; just in time before sth bad happens

for old times' sake

• 看在旧日的情分上；念及老交情
  if you do sth for old times' sake , you do it because it is connected with sth good that happened to you in the past

once upon a time

• （用于故事的开头）从前，很久以前
  used, especially at the beginning of stories, to mean ‘a long time in the past’
  1. Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess.
     从前，有一位美丽的公主。

pass the time of day (with sb)

• （与某人）寒暄，打招呼，闲谈一会儿
  to say hello to sb and have a short conversation with them

a race against time/the clock

• 和时间赛跑；抢时间；争分夺秒
  a situation in which you have to do sth or finish sth very fast before it is too late

a sign of the times

• 时代特征（含贬义）
  something that you feel shows what things are like now, especially how bad they are

a stitch in time (saves nine)

• 及时缝一针能省九针；小洞及时补，免遭大洞苦
  it is better to deal with sth immediately because if you wait it may become worse or more difficult and cause extra work

in your own sweet time/way

• 任凭自己的意愿
  how and when you want to, even though this might annoy other people
  1. He always does the work, but in his own sweet time.
     工作他总是在做，但只在自己高兴的时候做。

have a thin time (of it)

• 遇到许多麻烦；过得不顺
  to have many problems or difficulties to deal with; to not be successful

third time lucky

• （但愿）第三次交好运；过一过二不过三
  used when you have failed to do sth twice and hope that you will succeed the third time

have a whale of a time

• 玩得很痛快；过得非常快活
  to enjoy yourself very much; to have a very good time

noun

1. the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past

2. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration

   Synonym:    metermetre

3. a person's experience on a particular occasion
   1. he had a time holding back the tears
   2. they had a good time together

4. an instance or single occasion for some event
   1. this time he succeeded
   2. he called four times
   3. he could do ten at a clip

   Synonym:    clip

5. an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
   1. he waited a long time
   2. the time of year for planting
   3. he was a great actor in his time

6. a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
   1. do you know what time it is?
   2. the time is 10 o'clock

   Synonym:    clock time

7. the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event

   Synonym:    fourth dimension

8. the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
   1. he served a prison term of 15 months
   2. his sentence was 5 to 10 years
   3. he is doing time in the county jail

   Synonym:    prison termsentence

9. a suitable moment
   1. it is time to go

10. a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
    1. take time to smell the roses
    2. I didn't have time to finish
    3. it took more than half my time

verb

1. adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
   1. The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely

2. regulate or set the time of
   1. time the clock

3. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
   1. he clocked the runners

   Synonym:    clock

4. assign a time for an activity or event
   1. The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene

5. set the speed, duration, or execution of
   1. we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely