minute
- n.分钟;分;会议记录;一会儿;时刻;摘要;一会儿的工夫
- vt.将(某事)写进会议记录
- adj.微小的;详细的;细微的;极小的;细致入微的
复数: minutes 派生词: minutely adv. 过去式: minuted 现在分词: minuting 过去分词: minuted 第三人称单数: minutes
min- 小 + ute n.轻型货车
noun
分钟 part of hour
分钟;分
each of the 60 parts of an hour, that are equal to 60 seconds
It's four minutes to six.
差四分六点。
I'll be back in a few minutes.
我一会儿就回来。
Boil the rice for 20 minutes.
将米煮20分钟。
a ten-minute bus ride
乘公共汽车十分钟的路程
I enjoyed every minute of the party.
我在这次聚会上从头到尾都非常开心。
短暂的时间 very short time
一会儿;一会儿的工夫
a very short time
It only takes a minute to make a salad.
只要一会儿就能做好色拉。
Hang on a minute ─I'll just get my coat.
等一下——我去拿外套。
I just have to finish this─I won't be a minute.
我得做完这活儿——一会儿就好。
Could I see you for a minute?
我能见你一下吗?
I'll be with you in a minute , Jo.
一会儿见,乔。
Typical English weather─one minute it's raining and the next minute the sun is shining.
典型的英国天气,时雨时晴。
时刻 exact moment
时刻
an exact moment in time
At that very minute, Tom walked in.
就在这时候,汤姆走了进来。
角 angles
分(角度单位,六十分之一度)
each of the 60 equal parts of a degree, used in measuring angles
37 degrees 30 minutes (37˚ 30′)
37度30分
会议记录 record of meeting
会议记录;会议纪要
a summary or record of what is said or decided at a formal meeting
We read through the minutes of the last meeting.
我们认真通读上次会议的纪要。
Who is going to take the minutes (= write them) ?
谁来做会议记录?
简短记录 short note
摘要;简短记录;备忘录
a short note on a subject, especially one that recommends a course of action
very soon
快点!他随时都会回来。
Hurry up! He'll be back any minute now.
as soon as…
他一到我就要见他。
I want to see him the minute he arrives.
certainly not; not at all
我认为她绝不会接受,但你可以问问她。
I don't think for a minute that she'll accept but you can ask her.
immediately; now
马上下来!
Come down this minute!
I don't know what I'm going to do yet─I've just this minute found out.
我还不知道我要做什么——我刚刚发现。
exactly
列车9:05准时到达。
The train arrived at 9.05 to the minute.
used to ask sb to wait for a short time
“我可以见伯恩斯先生吗?”“请稍等一会儿,我来查一下。”
‘Is Mr Burns available?’ ‘Just a second, please, I'll check.’
the latest possible time before an important event
事到临头他们却改变了计划。
They changed the plans at the last minute.
Don't leave your decision to the last moment.
别等到最后一刻才来作决定。
verb
将(某事)写进会议记录
to write down sth that is said at a meeting in the official record (= the minutes )
I'd like that last remark to be minuted.
我希望把刚才那句话记录在案。
minute
NOUN AND VERB USES 名词和动词用法
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N-COUNT 分;分钟
A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say 'a minute' or 'minutes' when they mean a short length of time.The pizza will then take about twenty minutes to cook...
然后比萨饼做出来大约要用20分钟的时间。
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N-PLURAL 会议记录
The minutes of a meeting are the written records of the things that are discussed or decided at it.He'd been reading the minutes of the last meeting.
他刚才一直在阅读上次会议的记录。
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VERB 将…记入会议记录
When someone minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a written record of it.You don't need to minute that.
你不必把那一点记入会议记录。
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CONVENTION 等一下;且慢
People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something.Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here...
等一下,伙计们,这里有点不对劲。
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PHRASE 随时;马上;很快
If you say that something will or may happen at any minute or any minute now, you are emphasizing that it is likely to happen very soon.It looked as though it might rain at any minute...
看上去好像马上就要下雨了。
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PHRASE 根本不;一点也不
If you say that you do not believe for a minute or for one minute that something is true, you are emphasizing that you do not believe that it is true.I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared...
我压根不认为她会有所畏惧。
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PHRASE 最后关头; 最后一刻
A last-minute action is one that is done at the latest time possible.She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams...
她在为考试进行最后的复习。
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PHRASE 下一刻(强调事情发生得很突然)
You use the expression the next minute or expressions such as 'one minute he was there, the next he was gone' to emphasize that something happens suddenly.The next minute my father came in...
接着我父亲突然进来了。
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PHRASE 一…就…
If you say that something happens the minute something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing.The minute you do this, you'll lose control...
你一旦做了这件事,就会失去控制。
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PHRASE 此刻;就在此时
If you say that something must be done this minute, you are emphasizing that it must be done immediately.I need to speak with her right this minute...
我现在就需要跟她谈谈。
ADJECTIVE USE 形容词用法
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ADJ-GRADED 非常细小的;十分微小的
If you say that something is minute, you mean that it is very small.Only a minute amount is needed...
只需要很少的一点点。
noun
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- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
- we live an hour from the airport
- its just 10 minutes away
- Synonym: hour
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- a short note
- the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting
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- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- Synonym: arcminute minute of arc
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- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- he ran a 4 minute mile
- Synonym: min
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- a particular point in time
- the moment he arrived the party began
- Synonym: moment second instant
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- an indefinitely short time
- wait just a moment
- in a mo
- it only takes a minute
- in just a bit
- Synonym: moment mo second bit
adj
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- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- a minute inspection of the grounds
- a narrow scrutiny
- an exact and minute report
- Synonym: narrow
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- infinitely or immeasurably small
- two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm
- reduced to a microscopic scale
- Synonym: infinitesimal
数据来源:WordNet
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I can type 50 words a minute .
我每分钟能打50个单词。
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This switch controls the number of rotations per minute .
这个开关控制着每分钟的转数。
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Each company was given ten minutes to make its pitch .
每个公司有十分钟时间进行推销宣传。
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The average response time to emergency calls was 9 minutes .
紧急求助电话的平均回应时间是9分钟。
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Would you mind leaving us alone for a few minutes ?
你不介意让我们单独待一会吧?
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Could you possibly forget about work for five minutes ?
你能不能匀出五分钟来不去想工作?
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Could I see you for a minute ?
我能见你一下吗?
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Who is going to take the minutes ?
谁来做会议记录?
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After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness .
几分钟后我们的眼睛就适应了黑暗。
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The first two classes are followed by a break of ten minutes .
上完头两节课,有十分钟的课间休息。
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I 'll be back in a few minutes .
我一会儿就回来。
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I 'll give you ten minutes to prepare your answer .
我给你十分钟时间准备回答。
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It was all over in a matter of minutes .
几分钟就全部结束了。
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My watch gains two minutes every 24 hours .
我的表每24小时快两分钟。
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The station is a few minutes ' walk away .
车站离这里有步行几分钟的路。
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I 'll be along in a few minutes .
过一会儿我就来。
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He retired hurt in the first five minutes of the game .
比赛才开始五分钟,他就因伤退场。
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The ambulance arrived within minutes of the call being made .
打电话后几分钟内救护车就到了。
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They changed the wheel in three minutes flat .
他们仅用三分钟就换了轮胎。
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It normally takes 20 minutes to get there .
去那儿一般要花20分钟。
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The train arrived at the station 20 minutes late .
火车迟了20分钟到站。
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The interview only took ten minutes , but it felt like hours .
面试只用了十分钟,但觉得像几个小时似的。
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The lead car is now three minutes ahead of the rest of the field .
现在跑在最前面的汽车较赛场上其余的赛车领先三分钟。
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They changed the plans at the last minute .
事到临头他们却改变了计划。
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She won the race with a personal best of 2 minutes 22 .
她以2分22秒的个人最好成绩赢得了这项比赛。
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We finished 15 minutes ahead of time .
我们提前15分钟完成。
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He lost his nerve at the last minute .
他在最后一刻失去了勇气。
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Each time we scored we were pegged back minutes later .
每次我们得分,几分钟后便被追上。
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Each class is 45 minutes in length .
每一节课为45分钟。
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The office is ten minutes ' walk from here .
从这里去办公室要步行十分钟。
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