【问】 请问have time与have a time两个短语意思是否相同?

【答】 have time没有什么特别的意思，可按字面来理解：有时间。

1. I'm sorry I didn't have time to change. (Macaulay)

2. It is twelve o'clock now; I have just time to catch the train.

have a time则不能按字面理解，它的意思是：(1)费很大劲，遇到很大困难;(2)玩得痛快。请考察下面的例句：

1. Poor Susan had a time trying to get the children to go to bed. (DAI)

可怜的苏珊费了很大劲才使孩子们上床睡觉。

2. Mary had herself a time dancing at the party. (DAI)

玛丽在聚会上跳舞玩得很痛快。

3. John had a time passing his math course. (DAI)

注意：have a good time，have a bad(hard)time，have an easy time则另有含义，分别为：“过得愉快”、“过得不好(艰苦)”、“过得优裕”。