| 单词 | day |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[deɪ] 美[de] |
| 解释 | n.一天;白天;时期;节日;adj.日间的;逐日的;adv.每天;经常在白天地; |
| 例句 | N-COUNT (一周中的)一日,一天 A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week. N-VAR 昼;白天 Day is the time when it is light, or the time when you are up and doing things. 例:The weather did not help; hot by day, cold at night...天气也不肯帮忙:白天很热,晚上很冷。 例:27 million working days are lost each year due to work accidents and sickness...每年有 2,700 万个工作日因为工作事故和病假而损失掉了。 N-COUNT 时期;时代 You can refer to a particular period in history as a particular day or as particular days . 例:He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day...他开始讲述他叔叔那个时代的乌克兰。 例:Did you learn anything in your day, as a student?你在学生时代学到什么东西了吗? PHRASE 日复一日;一天又一天 If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping. 例:The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day.这份报社的工作让我日复一日地做着同样的事。 PHRASE 如今;在当代;在今天这个时代 In this day and age means in modern times. 例:Even in this day and age the old attitudes persist.即使在今天这个时代,这些陈旧的观念依然存在。 PHRASE 破旧;陈旧;状况不佳 If you say that something has seen better days, you mean that it is old and in poor condition. 例:The tweed jacket she wore had seen better days.她穿的那件粗花呢夹克已经很旧了。 PHRASE 到此为止;结束 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. 例:Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable...面对着不断增加的债务,最终难免作出将其结束的决定。 例:I want the manager's job when he calls it a day.等到经理不干了之后,我想接替他的位子。 PHRASE (在战斗、辩论或体育竞赛中)获胜,取胜 If someone carries the day, they are the winner in a contest such as a battle, debate, or sporting competition. 例:For the time being, the liberals seem to have carried the day.眼下似乎是自由主义者占据了上风。 PHRASE 已过全盛时期;风光不再;不再流行 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. 例:Beat music may finally have had its day...强节奏摇滚乐的黄金时期或许已经终结。 例:Interior decoration by careful coordination seems to have had its day.精心搭配的室内装饰似乎已不再受欢迎了。 PHRASE 使…非常高兴 If something makes your day, it makes you feel very happy. 例:Come on, Bill. Send Tom a card and make his day...来吧,比尔。给汤姆寄张卡片让他高兴高兴吧。 例:It was a joy to see. It really made my day.这太有趣了,真的把我高兴坏了。 PHRASE 日日夜夜;夜以继日 If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping. 例:Chantal kept a fire burning night and day...尚塔尔让一堆火日夜不熄地一直燃着。 例:He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.会有一位护士日夜不间断地陪护着他。 PHRASE 将来有一天;总有一天;有朝一日 One day or some day or one of these days means at some time in the future. 例:I too dreamed of living in London one day...我也梦想过将来有一天能住在伦敦。 例: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个会让你幸福的女人。 PHRASE 几天前;前两天 If you say that something happened the other day, you mean that it happened a few days ago. 例:I phoned your office the other day...几天前我给你的办公室打过电话。 例:We had lunch the other day at our favorite restaurant.前两天我们在最喜欢的餐馆吃了午饭。 PHRASE 挽回局面;扭转败局;转危为安;反败为胜 If someone or something saves the day in a situation which seems likely to fail, they manage to make it successful. 例:...this story about how he saved the day at his daughter's birthday party...这个关于他如何在女儿的生日聚会上成功挽回局面的故事 例:A last moment election can save the day.最后一刻举行选举可能会反败为胜。 PHRASE 每天;天天;逐日 If something happens from day to day or day by day, it happens each day. 例:Your needs can differ from day to day...你的需要每天可能都会不同。 例:I live for the moment, day by day, not for the past.我活在当下,过一天算一天,而不是活在过去。 PHRASE 正好;恰好;一天不差 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. 例:It was January 19, a year to the day since he had arrived in Singapore...那天是 1月 19 号,他到新加坡正好一年的日子。 例: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,英格兰队在世界杯上夺冠,到达了足球运动的巅峰。 PHRASE 至今;直到现在 To this day means up until and including the present time. 例:To this day young Zulu boys practise fighting.直到现在年轻的祖鲁男孩还练习格斗。 PHRASE 获胜/失败 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. 例:His determination and refusal to back down had won the day...他的坚定和拒不退让使他赢得了胜利。 例:Few in Westminster doubt that the government will win the day.在英国议会中,几乎没有人对政府将会获胜存有怀疑。 PHRASE (困难的任务)日常工作一部分的,常有的,难免的 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. 例:For war reporters, dodging snipers' bullets is all in a day's work...对于战地记者来说,躲避狙击手的子弹是家常便饭。 例:I said: 'How can I ever thank you?' but he waved the question aside. 'It's all in a day's work.'我说:“我该怎么感谢你才好呢?”但他却没把这当回事,只是说:“这是我该做的。” |
| 变形 | pl:days~ |
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