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这里为大家介绍下fortnight 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

音标：[ "fɔ:tnait ]

中英文翻译

n.

〔主英〕两星期〔cf. sennight.〕。 a fortnight"s holiday 两个星期的休假。 Monday fortnight 两星期以前[以后]的星期一。 today [this day] fortnight 两个星期以前[以后]的今天。

a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"

同义词：two weeks,

A fortnight is a unit of time equal to fourteen days (two weeks). The word derives from the , meaning "".

例句与用法

1.The play folded within a fortnight .

那话剧演了两个星期就停演了。

2.A pound of tobacco only lasts him a fortnight .

一磅烟丝只够他吸两个礼拜。

3.We arrived safe, at boston in about a fortnight .

两周之后，我们平安到达波士顿。

4.The fortnight at venice passed quickly and sweetly .

在威尼斯的半个月过得很快，很惬意。

5.Strife was internecine during the next fortnight .

在以后两个星期的冲突中我们两败俱伤。

6.We make him eat so much that he won"t get over it for a fortnight .

我们让他饱餐一顿，叫他半个月都忘怀不了。

7.In this quiet way, the first fortnight of her visit soon passed away .

她开头两个星期的作客生涯，就这样安静地过去了。

8.Isn"t a fortnight long enough for you to dissect my personality ?

你用了两个星期的时间对我的人品乱加评论，难道还不够吗？

9.Before breakfast this morning mr. candy informed me that he was going away for a fortnight .

早饭前，坎迪先生关照我说他要出门去两个礼拜。

10.At the end of the month the physicians wondered, and said he would live another fortnight .

一个月过去了，大夫们全很惊异，于是又说他至多还能活两星期。

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