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

• For a fortnight after this episode matters went on as before.
  这段插曲发生两周后问题像以前一样发生了。
• My aunt's coming in a fortnight's time.
  我的姨妈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。
• I prefer a nominal gross domestic product target, for reasons I explained a fortnight ago.
  而我更倾向一个名义国内生产总值（GDP）目标，原因我在两周前已经解释过了。
• 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。
• A fortnight later they came out of the woods.
  两个星期之后他们走出了树林。
• I went to Rothesay for a fortnight.
  我到罗瑟赛依去了两个星期。
• 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。
• He had been stayed in there fortnight.
  他在那儿呆了两星期。
• I have attended four leaving dos for various people at various companies in the past fortnight alone.
  仅仅在过去两周内，我就参加了4个不同公司欢送不同人的告别聚会。