英语时间表达方式
每个人在一开始学习英语的时候都会学怎么表达时间。以下是小编收集整理的有关英语时间表达方式,仅供参考,欢迎大家阅读。
所有的时间都可以用“小时 + 分钟”直接读:
6:10 six ten
8:30 eight thirty
2:40 two forty
如果所表述的.时间在半小时之内,可以用“分钟 + past + 小时”:
6:10 ten past six
4:20 twenty past four
10:25 twenty-five past ten
如果所表述的时间在半小时之外,可以用“(相差的)分钟 + to + (下一)小时”:
10:35 twenty-five to eleven
5:50 ten to six
9:49 eleven to ten
如果所表述的时间恰好为半小时,可以用“half + past + 小时”:
11:30 half past eleven
2:30 half past two
如果所表述的分钟和15有关,就有三种表达法:
(15分钟又叫一刻钟:a quarter)
9:15 - nine fifteen ; fifteen past nine ; a quarter past nine
3:45 - three forty-five ; fifteen to four ; a quarter to four
整点:
现在是两点整。
It's two.
It's two o'clock.
It's two o'clock sharp.
It's two o'clock on the dot.
It's two o'clock on the nose.
It's exactly two o'clock.
另外英语中的 noon 和 midnight 可分别直接表示白天和夜晚的12点:
It's (twelve) noon. 现在是中午十二点。
It's (twelve) midnight. 现在是半夜零点。
大约时间:
It's almost two. 马上到两点了。
It's not quite two. 还不到两点。
It's just after two. 刚过两点。
*若想表明是上午,可在时间后加上a.m.,如:thirteen past six a.m.(上午六点十三分)。若想表明是下午,可在时间后加上p.m.,如:four o'clock p.m.(下午四点)。
关于英语时间的谚语
Time is money.
(时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金。)
Time flies.
(光阴似箭,日月如梭。)
Time has wings.
(光阴去如飞。)
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
(光阴如锉,细磨无声。)
Time stays not the fool‘s leisure.
(时间不等闲逛的傻瓜。)
Time and I against any two.
(和时间携起手来,一人抵两人。)
Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.
(时间就是生命,懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命,节省时间,就是延长生命。)
Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.
(消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失。)
Time undermines us.
(光阴暗中催人才。或莫说年纪小人生容易老。)
Time and tide wait for no man.
(岁月不待人。)
Time cannot be won again.
(时间一去不再来。)
Time is , time was , and time is past.
(现在有时间,过去有时间,时间一去不复返。)
Time lost can not be recalled.
(光阴一去不复返。)
Time reveals(discloses) all things.
(万事日久自明。)
Time tries all.
(时间检验一切。)
(四)时间是秤,衡量权质
There is no time like the present.
(现在正是时候。)
Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.
(光阴似箭,一去不返。)
Time tries friends as fire tries gold.
(时间考验朋友,烈火考验黄金。)
Time tries truth.
(时间检验真理。)
Time is the father of truth.
(时间是真理之父。)
Time will tell.
(时间能说明问题。)
Time brings the truth to light.
(时间使真相大白。或时间一到,真理自明。)
Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.
(时间考验一切,经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰。)
Time tries all.
(时间检验一切。)
Take time by the forelock.
(把握目前的时机。)
To choose time is to save time.
(选择时间就是节省时间。)
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
(今日事,今日毕。)
Procrastination is the thief of time.
(拖延为时间之窃贼。)
One of these days is none of these days.
(拖延时日,终难实现。或:改天改天,不知哪天。)
Tomorrow never comes.
(明天无尽头,明日何其多。)
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
(常将今日推明日,推到后来无踪迹。)
Time works wonders.
(时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议。)
Time works great changes.
(时间可以产生巨大的变化。)
Times change.
(时代正在改变。)
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