fortnight

英 [ˈfɔːtnaɪt]

美 [ˈfɔːrtnaɪt]

n.  两星期

复数：fortnights　

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牛津词典

noun

• 两星期
  two weeks
  1. a fortnight's holiday
     两周的假期
  2. a fortnight ago
     两星期以前
  3. in a fortnight's time
     在两周的时间内
  4. He's had three accidents in the past fortnight.
     在过去两周他出了三次事故。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 两周;十四天
  Afortnightis a period of two weeks.
  1. I hope to be back in a fortnight.
     我希望在两周内赶回来。

英英释义

noun

• a period of fourteen consecutive days
  1. most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight
  Synonym:two weeks

双语例句

• We have now been here almost a fortnight, and yet he does not come.
  我们来这儿都快两个星期了，可他还不来。
• We had a big snow here a fortnight ago.
  两周前我们这里下了一场大雪。
• I know, because I've spent the past fortnight obsessively staring at footballers 'feet and making notes.
  我知道这些是因为我在过去的两周中一直紧盯着球员的战靴并做了笔记。
• I've got some leave due to me and I was going to Tasmania for a fortnight.
  我打算利用应享有的假期去塔斯马尼亚呆两周。
• My daughter comes to visit me once every fortnight.
  我女儿每两周来看我一次。
• Bespeak him a fortnight before, I will have Antonio's heart if he forfeit.
  只要安东尼奥要受罚，我就会要了他的心。
• Got a job bottle-washing at the brewery. I lasted a fortnight. I couldn't stick it
  我找了份在啤酒厂洗瓶子的工作。干了两星期，就再也受不了了。
• We were there for a fortnight and it rained buckets every day.
  我们在那里呆了两个星期，天天下倾盆大雨。
• He will visit once a fortnight to see how his new staff are progressing
  他会每两个星期来访一次，看看他的新员工进展如何。
• Having chosen a meditation it is important that you stick to that meditation for, at the very least, a fortnight.
  选择了一种冥想方法后，至少要坚持练习两周时间，这一点非常重要。