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fortnight

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n.两星期

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fortnight


/'fɔ:tnaɪt; `fɔrtnaɪt/
n (usu sing 通常作单数) (esp Brit)
1 (period of) two weeks 两星期(的时间); 两周
*a fortnight's holiday 两周的假期
* a fortnight ago 两星期前
* a fortnight today/tomorrow/on Tuesday, ie two weeks after the day specified 自今天[明天/星期二]起两周之後.
2 (idm 习语) this day fortnight => day.

fortnight


n [C usually singular]BrE
[Language: Old English;Origin: feowertyne niht 'fourteen nights']
two weeks
 a fortnight's holiday
 in a fortnight's time
 a fortnight ago
1. When welfare learned I was making money on my cartoons, Suzanne started "visiting" every fortnight instead of every two months.
    当福利部门获悉我画漫画赚钱时,苏珊娜就开始每两个星期"拜访"我一次,而不是每两个月才一次了。

2. The patient elected to follow my advice and died peacefully, pain free, a fortnight later.
    病人选择了听从我的建议。两周后,她安详地、毫无痛苦地离世了。

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