fortnight

英 [ˈfɔːtnaɪt]

美 [ˈfɔːrtnaɪt]

n.  两星期

复数：fortnights　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTSTEM4

Collins.2 / BNC.4290 / COCA.22633

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

• He was awarded a fortnight's holiday and100 thousand dollars.
  他被奖励一个两星期的假期和10万美元。
• 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。
• 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。
• I went to Rothesay for a fortnight.
  我到罗瑟赛依去了两个星期。
• 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。
• He had been stayed in there fortnight.
  他在那儿呆了两星期。
• So we should hear back in a fortnight or so.
  两周左右就能听到回音了。
• 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。
• 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 sent out the ballots less than a fortnight ago and not all the votes are in.
  不到两周前，他寄出了选票，并非所有选票都寄到了收件人手中。