bit
n. 有点儿; 稍顷; 小块,部分; 比特(计算机用语); 刀头; 嚼子; 一角二分半
v. 咬,蛰,叮; 上钩; 产生不良影响; 接受,相信; 切割(bite的过去式)
A bit of something is a small amount of it.
All it required was a bit of work...
这事儿只需稍费工夫就可以了。
I got paid a little bit of money.
我只领到了一点点钱。
A bit means to a small extent or degree. It is sometimes used to make a statement less extreme.
This girl was a bit strange...
这个女孩有点儿古怪。
I think people feel a bit more confident...
我想人们应该觉得稍微自信了一点儿。
You can use a bit of to make a statement less forceful. For example, the statement 'It's a bit of a nuisance' is less forceful than 'It's a nuisance'.
It's all a bit of a mess...
有点儿乱七八糟。
Students have always been portrayed as a bit of a joke...
学生们总是被描述为有点儿可笑的人。
Quite a bit means quite a lot.
They're worth quite a bit of money...
它们值不少钱。
Things have changed quite a bit...
情况发生了相当大的变化。
You use a bit before 'more' or 'less' to mean a small amount more or a small amount less.
I still think I have a bit more to offer...
我还是认为我能再稍微多付出一点儿。
Maybe we'll hear a little bit less noise.
也许我们听到的噪音会稍微少一点儿。
If you do something a bit, you do it for a short time. In British English, you can also say that you do something for a bit .
Let's wait a bit...
我们等一会儿吧。
I hope there will be time to talk a bit...
我希望能有时间谈一谈。
A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
That's the bit of the meeting that I missed...
那就是会议上我错过的那一小段。
Now comes the really important bit...
下面是非常重要的部分。
A bit of something is a small piece of it.
Only a bit of string looped round a nail in the doorpost held it shut.
仅仅是靠缠在门柱钉子上的一小段细绳把门关紧。
...crumpled bits of paper.
皱皱巴巴的小纸片
You can use bit to refer to a particular item or to one of a group or set of things. For example, a bit of information is an item of information.
There was one bit of vital evidence which helped win the case...
一个关键的证据帮助打赢了这场官司。
Not one single bit of work has been started towards the repair of this road.
这条路的修缮工作一丁点儿都还没开始。
You use bit in expressions such as the charity bit and the whole marriage bit to refer to everything that is involved in something, when you do not think it is important.
In computing, a bit is the smallest unit of information that is held in a computer's memory. It is either 1 or 0. Several bits form a byte.
A bit is 12 1/2 cents; mainly used in expressions such as two bits, which means 25 cents, or four bits, which means 50 cents.
A bit is a piece of metal that is held in a horse's mouth and is used to control the horse when you are riding.
Bit is the past tense of bite.
If something happens bit by bit, it happens in stages.
Bit by bit I began to understand what they were trying to do.
我逐渐明白了他们想要干什么。
If someone is champing at the bit or is chomping at the bit, they are very impatient to do something, but they are prevented from doing it, usually by circumstances that they have no control over.
I expect you're champing at the bit, so we'll get things going as soon as we can.
我希望你努力打开局面,这样我们就能尽快把事情做起来。
If you do your bit, you do something that, to a small or limited extent, helps to achieve something.
You say that one thing is every bit as good, interesting, or important as another to emphasize that the first thing is just as good, interesting, or important as the second.
My dinner jacket is every bit as good as his.
我的晚礼服和他的一样好。
If you say that something is a bit much, you are annoyed because you think someone has behaved in an unreasonable way.
It's a bit much expecting me to dump your boyfriend for you.
指望我替你甩掉你的男朋友,有点儿过分了吧?
You use not a bit when you want to make a strong negative statement.
I'm really not a bit surprised...
我真的一点儿也不觉得惊讶。
'Are you disappointed?'—'Not a bit.'
“你失望了吗?”——“一点儿也不。”
You say not a bit of it to emphasize that something that you might expect to be the case is not the case.
Did he give up? Not a bit of it!
他放弃了吗?根本没有!
You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things.
If you get the bit between your teeth, or take the bit between your teeth, you become very enthusiastic about a job you have to do.
If something is smashed or blown to bits, it is broken into a number of pieces. If something falls to bits, it comes apart so that it is in a number of pieces.
She found a pretty yellow jug smashed to bits.
她发现一个漂亮的黄色小罐被摔得粉碎。
1. a small quantity;
2. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;
3. an indefinitely short time;
4. an instance of some kind;
5. piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding;
6. a unit of measurement of information (from Binary + digIT); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states;
7. a small amount of solid food; a mouthful;
8. a small fragment;
9. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program;
10. the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press;
bit, piece, sheet, slice, fragment, scrap
这些名词均含有"片,块,段"之意。
a bit of a ——
有点儿,差不多是
a bit of all right
(英,非正式)性感女人;讨人喜欢的人;逗人爱的东西
bit of fluff (或 skirt, stuff)
(英,非正式)风骚女子
bit of rough
bit on the side informal
情妇;情夫
外快
bits and pieces (或 bobs)
七零八碎的东西
do one's bit
(非正式)作贡献,尽力
every bit as
not a bit
一点也不,根本不
not a bit of it
(英)一点儿也不,根本不
to bits
成碎片,破碎
(非正式)非常,很大程度上
above the bit
(马)昂首不受嚼子约束
behind the bit
(马)缩进下颏避开嚼子
get(或 take,have) the bit between (或北美 in) one's te
开始下决心(或独立)处理问题
I'm certainly going, but I'll be a little bit late.
我去是去, 可是得晚一点儿.
That's going a bit too far.
你这 话 有点出格了.
The map on the wall is a bit crooked.
墙上的地图有些歪.
You must resign yourselves to waiting a bit longer.
你们要耐心多等一会儿.
How is it that you can't stand a little bit of criticism?
你怎么这样禁不住批评?