| 词组 | time |
| 释义 | 1．说“现在什么时候？”用 What is the time? 或 What time is it? 都可以。 2．What time will he be back this evening?和 At what time will he be back this evening?都可以说。 3．“一次”通常不说 a time 或 one time，该说 once，“两次”通常不说 two times，该说 twice。但下面几点该注意： （1）在 a time or two（一二次）里用a time。例如：I have met with this phrase a time or two.但这不及 once or twice 普通。 （2）在 many a time（许多次）里用a time。例如：I have played chess many a time. （3）one time 有时作“曾经有一次”解。例如：One time a stranger wrote to her asking for her autograph.但不及 once 普通。 （4）在 one time in ten（十次中的一次）等表达方式里用one time。 （5）在 two or three times（两三次）里用two times。说 twice or thrice 也可以，也有人用 twice or three times，但很少见。 4．I have met him three (或 four) times 等句子里的 three times 的前面没有 for。 5．下面第一句里用 the，通常有 for，偶尔没有 for。第二句里用 a，通常没有 for，偶尔有 for： When I saw him (for) the second time, he was already married. When I saw him (for) a second time, he was already married. for the ... time 比(for) a... time 确定，如下面第一句里用for the second time，第二句里用(for) a second time： You ought to read it three times, when you read it for the second time, you ought to pay attention to the sentence structure. I have seen him once, I do not know whether I shall ever see him (for) a second time. 6．比较下面四句： How often do you have your hair cut? How frequently does the heart beat? How many times does the heart beat each minute? How many times have you been absent this term? 第三句和第四句都要求对方说明“次数”。 7．注意下面每句里用属于完成时态的动词。那 that 可有可无： This is the first time (that) I have seen him. This is the third time (that) I have been here. That was the third time (that) I had been there. 8．下面两句意思相同，第二句不算正当： That was the fourth time for him to leave home. That was his fourth time to leave home. 9．three times four 是“三乘四”，不是“四乘三”。就语法讲，three times four=four reckoned three times=four multiplied by three，那 three times 是状语短语，所以 Three times four is (或are) twelve 里的主语是 four，不是 Three，也不是 times。注意 three times four 后面的动词用单数形式或复数形式都可以。当然，Three times one is three 里的 is 不可改作 are。 说“一乘……”该说 once...，不说 one time...。例如：Once two is (或 are) two. 说“二乘...”该说 twice...，不说 two times...。例如：Twice three is (或 are) six. 10．下面第一句和第二句意思相同，但第三句不同： Your house is three times the size of mine. （你的房子是我的房子的三倍大小。） Your house is three times as large as mine. Your house is three times larger than mine. （你的房子比我的房子大三倍［就是我的房子的四倍大小］。） 只可说 Twenty-one is three times as much as seven，不可说 Twenty-eight is three times more than seven。 11．at that time 当然不错。但下面几点该注意： （1）中国学生似乎用得太多，可以用 then 代替它，有时竟可以删去。 （2）中国学生往往用作“后来便……”解，是错误的，如不可说 I saw a mad dog running towards me, at that time I was greatly frightened。该把 at that time 删去。at that time 作“正在那个时候”解，它所形容的动词所表示的动作或情况并不发生在上文所说的什么的以后。例如： I saw a mad dog running towards me, at that time I was talking to a friend. I saw a mad dog running towards me, at that time I was engaged in conversation. He published his first novel at twenty, he was at that time a freshman. Everybody was wondering what had become of the little girl and her parents even talked of reporting her disappearance to the police, she was at that time alone with her doll in her bedroom. 12．下面每组里除了第一句以外都有“我们不该再延迟”的含意： 下面几点该注意： （1）time 前面没有 a 或 the。 （2）在口语里往往省去 It is 或 It was。 （3）用 high 不及不用 high 普通。 （4）用 that 不及不用 that 普通。 （5）should start 不及 started 普通。 （6）第一组里的第三、第四、第五和第六各句里的 started 改作 start 也通，但远不及 started 普通。 （7）每组里的第三、第四、第五和第六句里的 started 原来属于虚拟过去式，但现在通常用陈述过去式，如通常说 It is (或 was) (high) time (that) I was told about the matter，不说 It is (或 was) (high) time (that) I were told about the matter。当然，在 we were，we started，I started 等表达方式里的 were 和 started 在虚拟过去式和陈述过去式里形式相同。 （8）每组里的第三、第四、第五和第六句里的 started 改作 were starting 也可以，但不很普通。 （9）第一组里的第三、第四、第五和第六句里用 started，在形式上是过去时态，在事实上却指未来。说这四句的任何一句的时候实际还不曾 start。这种结构似乎很奇特，但实际是很普通也很纯正的英语，你在读书的时候见到它，别以为那属于过去时态的动词是印错的。 （10）下面两句意思相同： It is getting time we started. （我们该动身的时候快到了。） It is about time we started. 13．下面两句意思不同： It is time to start. （现在是该动身的时候了。） There is time to start. （动身以前还有足够的时间呢［不必着急］。） 14．this time 是“这次”，有“跟前次不同”的意思，at this time 是“现在”。例如： He called on me again, this time in the evening. （他又来拜访我了，这次［跟前次不同］是在晚上来的。） 'So he isn't here, you say?' asked the lady, this time in a firm voice and with an odd sort of smile. （“那末你说他不在这里，是吗？”那女子问道，这次［跟前次不同］用一种坚定的语声，带着一种奇怪的微笑。） Think about the matter again, more seriously this time. （再把这事情考虑一下，这次［不可像前次那样］应该更加慎重些。） I do not know where he is at this time. （我不知道他现在在哪里。） 15．...times 是“……次”，at...times 是“在……个时候”。例如： I met him several times. （我遇到了他好几次。） I met him at several times. （我在好几个时候遇到了他。） 但比较下面两句： I hope to read the poem another time. （1．我希望把这首诗再读一次。2．我希望在另一个时候读这首诗。） I hope to read the poem again another time. （我希望在另一个时候把这首诗再读一下。） 第一句用在第二个意思的时候，可以在 another 前面加上 at，第二句可以在 another 前面加上 at。 16．in five weeks 是“在五星期以后”或“在五星期以内”（参见 in 2），in five weeks time 是“在五星期左右以后”。 17．关于 at a time 和 at one time 的不同，参见 a, an 20 (3) 18．in time 作“及时地”、“及时的”或“最后地”解。例如：I hope you will arrive in time. I hope you will be in time. 和 You will succeed in time. 在用作“及时地”或“及时的”解的时候，后面往往接 for 或不定式，但不可接 for 和动名词，如可以说 I hope you will arrive (或 be) in time for the ceremony 和 I hope you will arrive (或 be) in time to attend the ceremony，不可说 I hope you will arrive (或 be) in time for attending the ceremony。 19．on time 原来是美国英语，相当于英国英语 up to time，作“准时地”或“准时的”解。例如：The train arrived on time. 和 She is always on time. 在美国有时作“分期付款的”解。例如：He has bought a television set on time. 20．关于 any time，参见 any 7。关于 each time，参见 each 10。关于 every time，参见 every 8。关于 all the time，参见 all 11 |
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