month

noun

1. 月；月份
   any of the twelve periods of time into which the year is divided, for example May or June
   1. the month of August
      八月份
   2. We're moving house next month .
      我们下个月搬家。
   3. She earns $1 000 a month .
      她每月赚1 000元。
   4. The rent is £300 per month .
      租金是每月300英镑。
   5. Have you read this month's ‘Physics World’?
      你看过这个月的《物理世界》吗？
   6. Prices continue to rise month after month (= over a period of several months) .
      近几个月价格持续增长。
   7. Her anxiety mounted month by month (= as each month passed) .
      她的焦虑之情逐月加重。
2. 约30天的时间；一个月的时间
   a period of about 30 days, for example, 3 June to 3 July
   1. The baby is three months old.
      这婴儿三个月大了。
   2. a three-month-old baby
      三个月大的婴儿
   3. They lived in Toronto during their first few months of marriage.
      他们婚后的头几个月住在多伦多。
   4. several months later
      几个月以后
   5. a six-month contract
      一份六个月的合约
   6. a month-long strike
      长达一个月的罢工
   7. He visits Paris once or twice a month.
      他一个月去一两次巴黎。
3. 数月；很长时间
   a long time, especially a period of several months
   1. He had to wait for months for the visas to come through.
      他不得不等好几个月才领到签证。
   2. It will be months before we get the results.
      我们要等很长时间才能得到结果。

1. N-COUNT 月;月份
   A month is one of the twelve periods of time that a year is divided into, for example January or February.
   1. The trial is due to begin next month.
      审判将于下个月开始。
   2. ...an exhibition which opens this month at London's Design Museum...
      这个月在伦敦设计博物馆开办的展览
   3. I send him fifteen dollars a month.
      我每月给他寄15美元。
2. N-COUNT 一个月（的时间）
   A month is a period of about four weeks.
   1. She was here for a month...
      她在这儿呆了一个月。
   2. Over the next several months I met most of her family...
      在后来的几个月里，我见到了她的大部分家人。
   3. ...a month's unlimited train travel.
      有效期一个月不限次数的火车通票

1. The marriage was annulled last month.
   上个月这桩婚姻被宣告无效。
2. Activists stepped up their demands for local autonomy last month.
   上个月激进分子对地方自治的呼声更高了。
3. He paid a month's rent in advance, just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice.
   他预交了一个月的房租，正好满足房东的贪心。
4. It was to be Johnson's first meeting with the board in nearly a month
   这将是近一个月来约翰逊首次和董事会碰面。
5. Peace talks between the two sides ended in deadlock last month.
   双方上个月的和平谈判陷入了僵局。
6. He deserted from army intelligence last month
   上个月他从陆军情报机关开小差跑了。
7. The first snow came a month earlier than usual.
   第一场雪比往年提早了一个月。
8. Business failures rose 16% last month.
   上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了16%。
9. She lost 16 pounds in the first month of her diet.
   她节食的头一个月就减掉了16磅。
10. The change proposed last month was foreshadowed in the March Budget.
    上个月提议的变动在3月份的预算中已经有所预兆了。
11. The number of unemployed people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month
    上个月，波兰的失业人数增长超过了1/4。
12. You've had a harrowing time this past month.
    过去的这个月你过得太痛苦了。
13. Export orders improved in the last month
    上个月出口订单增加了。
14. Last month a shopkeeper's nephew was shot dead
    上个月一名店主的侄子被枪杀了。
15. They married a month after they met
    他们相识一个月后就结婚了。
16. The trial is due to begin next month.
    审判将于下个月开始。
17. She was here for a month
    她在这儿呆了一个月。
18. Over the next several months I met most of her family
    在后来的几个月里，我见到了她的大部分家人。
19. Last month he signed a new non-aggression pact with Germany
    上个月，他与德国签订了新的互不侵犯条约。
20. I'm retiring next month. They're putting me out to pasture.
    我下个月退休。他们要我养老去了。
21. A new constitution was promulgated last month.
    上个月颁布了一部新宪法。
22. It is the sixth month in a row in which imports have fallen.
    这是进口量持续下降的第6个月了。
23. Many stores have started their January sales a month early.
    许多商店提前一个月就开始了一月份的特价促销活动。
24. I shall know more next month, I hope
    我希望下个月会了解更多情况。
25. Sales shot up by 9% last month
    销售量上个月猛增了9%。
26. My wife and I have taken the cottage for a month.
    我和妻子租下这套乡间小屋已经一个月了。
27. He has spent a year training crews for next month's round the world race.
    他已花了一年时间为下个月的环球比赛训练队伍。
28. It's three days short of a month.
    欠三天就是一个月了。
29. Will you lend me ten yuan? I will pay you back next month.
    能借给我十元钱吗？我下个月还你。

n.

in a month of Sundays

• 遥遥无期；根本不会发生
  used to emphasize that sth will never happen
  1. You won't find it, not in a month of Sundays.
     你找不到它的，根本不可能找到。

flavour of the month

• 风靡一时的人（或事物）
  a person or thing that is very popular at a particular time

noun

1. a time unit of approximately 30 days
   1. he was given a month to pay the bill

2. one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
   1. he paid the bill last month

   Synonym:    calendar month