fortnight
美音:
[´fɔ:t´naıt
]英音:
[´fɔ:t´naıt
]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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