bit
n. 有點兒; 稍頃; 小塊,部分; 位元(計算機用語); 刀頭; 嚼子; 一角二分半
v. 咬,蟄,叮; 上鉤; 產生不良影響; 接受,相信; 切割(bite的過去式)
A bit of something is a small amount of it.
All it required was a bit of work...
這事兒只需稍費工夫就可以了。
I got paid a little bit of money.
我只領到了一點點錢。
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...
這個女孩有點兒古怪。
I think people feel a bit more confident...
我想人們應該覺得稍微自信了一點兒。
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...
有點兒亂七八糟。
Students have always been portrayed as a bit of a joke...
學生們總是被描述為有點兒可笑的人。
Quite a bit means quite a lot.
They're worth quite a bit of money...
它們值不少錢。
Things have changed quite a bit...
情況發生了相當大的變化。
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...
我還是認為我能再稍微多付出一點兒。
Maybe we'll hear a little bit less noise.
也許我們聽到的噪音會稍微少一點兒。
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...
我們等一會兒吧。
I hope there will be time to talk a bit...
我希望能有時間談一談。
A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
That's the bit of the meeting that I missed...
那就是會議上我錯過的那一小段。
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.
僅僅是靠纏在門柱釘子上的一小段細繩把門關緊。
...crumpled bits of paper.
皺皺巴巴的小紙片
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...
一個關鍵的證據幫助打贏了這場官司。
Not one single bit of work has been started towards the repair of this road.
這條路的修繕工作一丁點兒都還沒開始。
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.
我逐漸明白了他們想要幹什麼。
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.
我希望你努力開啟局面,這樣我們就能儘快把事情做起來。
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.
我的晚禮服和他的一樣好。
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,有點兒過分了吧?
You use not a bit when you want to make a strong negative statement.
I'm really not a bit surprised...
我真的一點兒也不覺得驚訝。
'Are you disappointed?'—'Not a bit.'
“你失望了嗎?”——“一點兒也不。”
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!
他放棄了嗎?根本沒有!
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.
她發現一個漂亮的黃色小罐被摔得粉碎。
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
這些名詞均含有"片,塊,段"之意。
a bit of a ——
有點兒,差不多是
a bit of all right
(英,非正式)性感女人;討人喜歡的人;逗人愛的東西
bit of fluff (或 skirt, stuff)
(英,非正式)風騷女子
bit of rough
bit on the side informal
情婦;情夫
外快
bits and pieces (或 bobs)
七零八碎的東西
do one's bit
(非正式)作貢獻,盡力
every bit as
not a bit
一點也不,根本不
not a bit of it
(英)一點兒也不,根本不
to bits
成碎片,破碎
(非正式)非常,很大程度上
above the bit
(馬)昂首不受嚼子約束
behind the bit
(馬)縮排下頦避開嚼子
get(或 take,have) the bit between (或北美 in) one's te
開始下決心(或獨立)處理問題
I'm certainly going, but I'll be a little bit late.
我去是去, 可是得晚一點兒.
That's going a bit too far.
你這 話 有點出格了.
The map on the wall is a bit crooked.
牆上的地圖有些歪.
You must resign yourselves to waiting a bit longer.
你們要耐心多等一會兒.
How is it that you can't stand a little bit of criticism?
你怎麼這樣禁不住批評?