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fourth dimension


.fourth di'mension
n
the fourth dimension
an expression meaning 'time', used especially by scientists and writers of science fiction
1. By the time I was sixteen, my daughter's age, his breath was a wheeze, embarrassing to hear; he could not climb stairs without resting every third or fourth step.
    到我16岁, 也就是我女儿现在这般年龄时,他一呼吸就呼哧呼哧的,让人感到不安;他上楼时每走三、四级楼梯就得停下来休息一会儿。

2. This is the fourth time you have been late to school.
    你这是第四次上学迟到了。

3. The president made a Fourth-of-July oration.
    总统作了美国独立纪念日演说。

4. The fourth reached out his arms, and grasped one of the elephant´s legs.
    第四个盲人伸出双臂,抱住了一条象腿,

5. The fourth time he fell into the hands of a professional slave-catcher, who promptly had the man´s foot cut off with an axe against a tree stump.
    第四次逃跑时,他落到了一个职业奴隶捕手的手上。那人立即用斧头将他的一只脚放在树桩上砍了下来。

6. No. He must be her fourth or fifth.
    不,他一定是她的第4个或第5个丈夫。

7. Caesar then decreed that the year should consist of 365 days, but every fourth year an extra day should be inserted at the end of February to make up for the quarter days that were lost.
    恺撒然后颁布命令,规定一年由365天组成,但每隔四年必须在2月底加一天,以补偿每年失去的1/4天。

8. Communications figured largely in the Disney organization's decision to site its fourth theme park near Paris.
    交通因素在迪斯尼公司做出将其第四个主题公园选址于巴黎附近这一决定中起了重要作用。

9. One level might be for pedestrians, another for electric automobiles, a third for bicycles, a fourth for high-speed automobiles, a fifth for buses, and a sixth for trains (subways).
    这些层面中,一层供行人行走,一层行驶电动汽车,一层走自行车,一层供高速汽车使用,一层行驶公共汽车,一层是地下铁道。

10. Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey----still in perfect condition.
    想一想他们所感受到的惊奇和兴奋 -- 当他们拆开包装箱时,他们发现第4台发动机就像蜂蜜一样甜 -- 发动机完好无损。

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