day
n. 一天; 白天; 工作日; 時代
A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week.
Day is the time when it is light, or the time when you are up and doing things.
The weather did not help; hot by day, cold at night...
天氣也不肯幫忙:白天很熱,晚上很冷。
27 million working days are lost each year due to work accidents and sickness...
每年有 2,700 萬個工作日因為工作事故和病假而損失掉了。
You can refer to a particular period in history as a particular day or as particular days .
He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day...
他開始講述他叔叔那個時代的烏克蘭。
Did you learn anything in your day, as a student?
你在學生時代學到什麼東西了嗎?
If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping.
The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day.
這份報社的工作讓我日復一日地做著同樣的事。
In this day and age means in modern times.
Even in this day and age the old attitudes persist.
即使在今天這個時代,這些陳舊的觀念依然存在。
If you say that something has seen better days, you mean that it is old and in poor condition.
The tweed jacket she wore had seen better days.
她穿的那件粗花呢夾克已經很舊了。
If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable...
面對著不斷增加的債務,最終難免作出將其結束的決定。
I want the manager's job when he calls it a day.
等到經理不幹了之後,我想接替他的位子。
If someone carries the day, they are the winner in a contest such as a battle, debate, or sporting competition.
For the time being, the liberals seem to have carried the day.
眼下似乎是自由主義者佔據了上風。
If you say that something has had its day, you mean that the period during which it was most successful or popular has now passed.
Beat music may finally have had its day...
強節奏搖滾樂的黃金時期或許已經終結。
Interior decoration by careful coordination seems to have had its day.
精心搭配的室內裝飾似乎已不再受歡迎了。
If something makes your day, it makes you feel very happy.
Come on, Bill. Send Tom a card and make his day...
來吧,比爾。給湯姆寄張卡片讓他高興高興吧。
It was a joy to see. It really made my day.
這太有趣了,真的把我高興壞了。
If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
Chantal kept a fire burning night and day...
尚塔爾讓一堆火日夜不熄地一直燃著。
He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.
會有一位護士日夜不間斷地陪護著他。
One day or some day or one of these days means at some time in the future.
I too dreamed of living in London one day...
我也夢想過將來有一天能住在倫敦。
I hope some day you will find the woman who will make you happy...
我希望有一天你能找到一個會讓你幸福的女人。
If you say that something happened the other day, you mean that it happened a few days ago.
I phoned your office the other day...
幾天前我給你的辦公室打過電話。
We had lunch the other day at our favorite restaurant.
前兩天我們在最喜歡的餐館吃了午飯。
If someone or something saves the day in a situation which seems likely to fail, they manage to make it successful.
...this story about how he saved the day at his daughter's birthday party...
這個關於他如何在女兒的生日聚會上成功挽回局面的故事
A last moment election can save the day.
最後一刻舉行選舉可能會反敗為勝。
If something happens from day to day or day by day, it happens each day.
Your needs can differ from day to day...
你的需要每天可能都會不同。
I live for the moment, day by day, not for the past.
我活在當下,過一天算一天,而不是活在過去。
If it is a month or a year to the day since a particular thing happened, it is exactly a month or a year since it happened.
It was January 19, a year to the day since he had arrived in Singapore...
那天是 1月 19 號,他到新加坡正好一年的日子。
Twenty-five years ago, to the day, England reached the sport's pinnacle by winning the World Cup.
恰好是在 25 年前的今天,英格蘭隊在世界盃上奪冠,到達了足球運動的巔峰。
To this day means up until and including the present time.
To this day young Zulu boys practise fighting.
直到現在年輕的祖魯男孩還練習格鬥。
If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
His determination and refusal to back down had won the day...
他的堅定和拒不退讓使他贏得了勝利。
Few in Westminster doubt that the government will win the day.
在英國議會中,幾乎沒有人對政府將會獲勝存有懷疑。
If you say that a task is all in a day's work for someone, you mean that they do not mind doing it although it may be difficult, because it is part of their job or because they often do it.
For war reporters, dodging snipers' bullets is all in a day's work...
對於戰地記者來說,躲避狙擊手的子彈是家常便飯。
I said: 'How can I ever thank you?' but he waved the question aside. 'It's all in a day's work.'
我說:“我該怎麼感謝你才好呢?”但他卻沒把這當回事,只是說:“這是我該做的。”
1. time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis;
2. some point or period in time;
3. the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside;
4. a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance;
5. the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working);
6. an era of existence or influence;
7. a period of opportunity;
8. the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis;
9. the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
date, day
這兩個名詞均有"日"之意。
all in a (或 the) day's work
(特別或困難的事)日常的,家常便飯的
any day
(非正式)任何時候,隨便哪一天
at the end of the day
by the day
逐漸平穩地
call it a day
到此為止
day and night
日日夜夜,夜以繼日
day by day
一天天地
day of reckoning
清算的日子,報應到來的時刻,最後審判日
don't give up the day job
(非正式,幽默)做好眼下的工作(讓某人不要追求不可能成功的事情)
from day one
從一開始
have had one's (或 its) day
不再風光,不再流行
if he (或 she 等) is a day
至少(加在關於某人年齡的話語之後)
in this day and age
現在
not someone's day
背運日
Save your breath; the boss will never give you the day off.
省點口舌吧, 老闆不會給你一天假的.
I saw him in Paris the other day.
我前幾天在巴黎見過他.
I don't want to go for a walk on such a hot day — it's too much like hard work for me.
我不想在這樣的大熱天去散步——我簡直吃不消.
He's been working hard all day.
他辛勞地工作了一天.
He's been gardening all day.
他在園子裡幹了一整天.