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

• It's a fortnight since I last saw him.
  自从上次见到他后，我已两星期没见到他了。
• During the first fortnight in April, Jean Valjean took a journey.
  在四月的上半月里，冉阿让作了一次旅行。
• He told me that my new teacher was coming in a fortnight's time.
  他告诉我我的新老师将在两周后到这儿来。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.
  美国人一直在等人坐满一架747飞机，这便是第一次为期两周的所谓慈善飞行。
• I went to Rothesay for a fortnight.
  我到罗瑟赛依去了两个星期。
• After hearing the news, I knew that within a fortnight would fell restless again.
  听到这个消息以后，我知道在两个星期之内，我又会坐立不安。
• 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。
• I must try and cheer up H.B.as he has had a hell of a fortnight.
  我必须尽可能让H.B。高兴起来他已经经受了两个星期的折磨。