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（一周中的）一日，一天

A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week.

2

昼;白天

Day is the time when it is light, or the time when you are up and doing things.

1. The weather did not help; hot by day, cold at night...

   天气也不肯帮忙：白天很热，晚上很冷。

2. 27 million working days are lost each year due to work accidents and sickness...

   每年有 2,700 万个工作日因为工作事故和病假而损失掉了。

3. He arranged for me to go down to London one day a week...

   他安排我每周去伦敦一天。

4. The snack bar is open during the day.

   小吃店白天营业。

3

时期;时代

You can refer to a particular period in history as a particular day or as particular days .

1. He began to talk about the Ukraine of his uncle's day...

   他开始讲述他叔叔那个时代的乌克兰。

2. Did you learn anything in your day, as a student?

   你在学生时代学到什么东西了吗？

3. ...his early days of struggle and deep poverty...

   他早期一贫如洗、努力奋斗的日子

4. She is doing just fine these days.

   她目前状况不错。

4

日复一日;一天又一天

If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping.

1. The newspaper job had me doing the same thing day after day.

   这份报社的工作让我日复一日地做着同样的事。

5

如今;在当代;在今天这个时代

In this day and age means in modern times.

1. Even in this day and age the old attitudes persist.

   即使在今天这个时代，这些陈旧的观念依然存在。

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破旧;陈旧;状况不佳

If you say that something has seen better days, you mean that it is old and in poor condition.

1. The tweed jacket she wore had seen better days.

   她穿的那件粗花呢夹克已经很旧了。

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到此为止;结束

If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.

1. Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable...

   面对着不断增加的债务，最终难免作出将其结束的决定。

2. I want the manager's job when he calls it a day.

   等到经理不干了之后，我想接替他的位子。

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(在战斗、辩论或体育竞赛中）获胜，取胜

If someone carries the day, they are the winner in a contest such as a battle, debate, or sporting competition.

1. For the time being, the liberals seem to have carried the day.

   眼下似乎是自由主义者占据了上风。

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已过全盛时期;风光不再;不再流行

If you say that something has had its day, you mean that the period during which it was most successful or popular has now passed.

1. Beat music may finally have had its day...

   强节奏摇滚乐的黄金时期或许已经终结。

2. Interior decoration by careful coordination seems to have had its day.

   精心搭配的室内装饰似乎已不再受欢迎了。

10

使…非常高兴

If something makes your day, it makes you feel very happy.

1. Come on, Bill. Send Tom a card and make his day...

   来吧，比尔。给汤姆寄张卡片让他高兴高兴吧。

2. It was a joy to see. It really made my day.

   这太有趣了，真的把我高兴坏了。

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日日夜夜;夜以继日

If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.

1. Chantal kept a fire burning night and day...

   尚塔尔让一堆火日夜不熄地一直燃着。

2. He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.

   会有一位护士日夜不间断地陪护着他。

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将来有一天;总有一天;有朝一日

One day or some day or one of these days means at some time in the future.

1. I too dreamed of living in London one day...

   我也梦想过将来有一天能住在伦敦。

2. I hope some day you will find the woman who will make you happy...

   我希望有一天你能找到一个会让你幸福的女人。

3. One of these days we will get lucky.

   总有一天我们会走运的。

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几天前;前两天

If you say that something happened the other day, you mean that it happened a few days ago.

1. I phoned your office the other day...

   几天前我给你的办公室打过电话。

2. We had lunch the other day at our favorite restaurant.

   前两天我们在最喜欢的餐馆吃了午饭。

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挽回局面;扭转败局;转危为安;反败为胜

If someone or something saves the day in a situation which seems likely to fail, they manage to make it successful.

1. ...this story about how he saved the day at his daughter's birthday party...

   这个关于他如何在女儿的生日聚会上成功挽回局面的故事

2. A last moment election can save the day.

   最后一刻举行选举可能会反败为胜。

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每天;天天;逐日

If something happens from day to day or day by day, it happens each day.

1. Your needs can differ from day to day...

   你的需要每天可能都会不同。

2. I live for the moment, day by day, not for the past.

   我活在当下，过一天算一天，而不是活在过去。

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正好;恰好;一天不差

If it is a month or a year to the day since a particular thing happened, it is exactly a month or a year since it happened.

1. It was January 19, a year to the day since he had arrived in Singapore...

   那天是 1月 19 号，他到新加坡正好一年的日子。

2. Twenty-five years ago, to the day, England reached the sport's pinnacle by winning the World Cup.

   恰好是在 25 年前的今天，英格兰队在世界杯上夺冠，到达了足球运动的巅峰。

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至今;直到现在

To this day means up until and including the present time.

1. To this day young Zulu boys practise fighting.

   直到现在年轻的祖鲁男孩还练习格斗。

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获胜/失败

If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.

1. His determination and refusal to back down had won the day...

   他的坚定和拒不退让使他赢得了胜利。

2. Few in Westminster doubt that the government will win the day.

   在英国议会中，几乎没有人对政府将会获胜存有怀疑。

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(困难的任务)日常工作一部分的，常有的，难免的

If you say that a task is all in a day's work for someone, you mean that they do not mind doing it although it may be difficult, because it is part of their job or because they often do it.

1. For war reporters, dodging snipers' bullets is all in a day's work...

   对于战地记者来说，躲避狙击手的子弹是家常便饭。

2. I said: 'How can I ever thank you?' but he waved the question aside. 'It's all in a day's work.'

   我说：“我该怎么感谢你才好呢？”但他却没把这当回事，只是说：“这是我该做的。”

1

一天；一日

a period of 24 hours

2

我三天前见过汤姆。

I saw Tom three days ago.

3

“今天星期几？”“星期一。”

‘What day is it today?’ ‘Monday.’

4

我们过几天就要离开了。

We're going away in a few days/in a few days' time .

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他们前天就走了。

They left the day before yesterday (= two days ago) .

6

我们后天要见面。

We're meeting the day after tomorrow (= in two days) .

7

元旦

New Year's Day

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每日服药三次。

Take the medicine three times a day .

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我们今天不能去那儿。你可以改天去。

We can't go there today. You can go another day .

10

白昼；白天

the time between when it becomes light in the morning and when it becomes dark in the evening

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白天一直阳光明媚。

The sun was shining all day .

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我可以整天坐在这里看那条河。

I could sit and watch the river all day long .

13

他晚上干活，白天睡觉。

He works at night and sleeps during the day .

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夜间活动的动物白天睡觉晚上猎食。

Nocturnal animals sleep by day and hunt by night.

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工作日；一天的活动时间

the hours of the day when you are awake, working, etc.

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七小时工作日

a seven-hour working day

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忙了一整天了。

It's been a long day (= I've been very busy) .

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你这一天过得顺利吗？

Did you have a good day?

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她并没干一整天的工作。

She didn't do a full day's work .

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昨天我休假半天。

I took a half day off yesterday.

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祝你度过愉快的一天！

Have a nice day!

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时期；时代

a particular period of time or history

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在维多利亚女王时代

in Queen Victoria's day

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计算机早期阶段

the early days of computers

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在那个时代，大多数妇女都待在家里。

Most women stayed at home in those days .

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昔日；过去；先前

in the old days (= in the past)

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日常工作的一部分；习以为常；不足为奇

part of your normal working life and not unusual

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很快

very soon

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信很快就该到了。

The letter should arrive any day now.

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得胜；占上风；取得成功

to be successful against sb/sth

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尽管遭到强烈反对，执政党还是获胜了。

Despite strong opposition, the ruling party carried the day.

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日复一日，一天又一天（尤指枯燥无味、令人厌烦）

each day repeatedly (used especially when sth is boring or annoying)

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她讨厌日复一日做同样的工作。

She hates doing the same work day after day.

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一天天；逐日

all the time; a little at a time and gradually

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他的健康状况一天天好转。

Day by day his condition improved.

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日复一日，天天（指不间断）

every day for a long period of time

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遭报应的日子；受到惩罚的日子

the time when sb will have to deal with the result of sth that they have done wrong, or be punished for sth bad that they have done

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（指人）死期不远了，得意的日子屈指可数了；（指物）用不了多久了，寿命不长了

a person or thing will not continue to live, exist or be successful for much longer

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他作为党的领袖的日子已屈指可数了。

His days as leader of the party are numbered.

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从一开始；从第一天

from the beginning

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这从一开始就行不通。

It's never worked from day one.

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过一天算一天

with no thoughts or plans for the future

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他们过一天算一天，日复一日地照顾着生病的女儿。

They live from day to day, looking after their sick daughter.

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天天，一天又一天（指经常变化）

if a situation changes from day to day , it changes often

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婴儿对食物的需求天天都在变化。

A baby's need for food can vary from day to day.

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一天又一天（表示不知未来如何）

if a situation changes from one day to the next , it is uncertain and not likely to stay the same each day

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一天又一天我不知道该期待什么。

I never know what to expect from one day to the next.

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得意之时已过；风光不再；日渐衰败

to no longer be successful, powerful, etc.

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她作为超级模特儿的辉煌日子已一去不复返。

She's had her day as a supermodel.

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穷困潦倒；昔盛今衰；曾辉煌过

to be in poor condition

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我们的汽车曾辉煌一时！

Our car has seen better days!

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（谈论年龄）至少

(used when talking about sb's age) at least

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他至少70岁了！

He must be 70 if he's a day!

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（某人的）昔日盛时，鼎盛时期

during the part of sb's life when they were most successful, famous, etc.

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她曾是红极一时的舞蹈家。

She was a great dancer in her day.

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年轻时；当年

when sb was young

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我年轻时，毕业后就业机会很多。

In my day, there were plenty of jobs when you left school.

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当代；当今；在今天这个时代

now, in the modern world

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祸不单行；特别倒霉的一天

used when several unfortunate or unpleasant things happen on the same day

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我的汽车抛锚了，我又没带房门钥匙——真是祸不单行！

My car broke down and then I locked myself out─it's just not my day!

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使某人一天非常快活

to make sb feel very happy on a particular day

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迈克打来电话，真让我一天都快乐无比。

The phone call from Mike really made my day.

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痛痛快快玩一整天

to make a particular enjoyable activity last for a whole day instead of only part of it

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时间不多了

to not have much time

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快一点！我们的时间不多了！

Come on! We don't have all day!

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某人生活的时代

during a particular period of time when sb lived

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他那个时代最优秀的运动员

the best player of his day

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贝西o史密斯是她那个时代的麦当娜。

Bessie Smith was the Madonna of her day.

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（餐馆）当日特别供应

that is served on a particular day in a restaurant

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当日供应的汤

soup of the day

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有朝一日；（过去）某一天

at some time in the future, or on a particular day in the past

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有朝一日，我要离开城市搬到农村去。

One day, I want to leave the city and move to the country.

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一天，他带了个小提包走出家门，再也没有回来。

One day, he walked out of the house with a small bag and never came back.

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不久；日内

before a long time has passed

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你很快就会回来请求我原谅的。

One of these days you'll come back and ask me to forgive you.

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诸事不顺的日子；倒霉的日子

a day when there are a lot of mistakes and a lot of things go wrong

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这一天真倒霉！

It's been one of those days!

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将来有一天；总有一天

at an unknown time in the future

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总有一天我会成名的。

Some day I'll be famous.

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得过且过；做一天和尚撞一天钟；过一天算一天

to not think about what will happen in the future

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我不知道他还能不能好转，我们只有过一天算一天。

I don't know if he'll get better. We're just taking it one day at a time.

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那样的事永远不可能；哪有那样的事

used when you are saying that sth is very unlikely to happen

83

保罗？道歉？那真是太阳从西边出来了！

Paul? Apologize? That'll be the day!

84

（尤用于拿现在和过去比较）如今，而今

used to talk about the present, especially when you are comparing it with the past

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如今孩子们成长得真快。

These days kids grow up so quickly.

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（指过去）那才是好时光，那才是好年头

used to suggest that a time in the past was happier or better than now

87

恰好；刚好；一天不差

exactly

88

我们整整三年没见面了。

It's been three years to the day since we met.

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直到如今；甚至现在

even now, when a lot of time has passed

90

我直到今天仍然不明白他当时为什么那样做。

To this day, I still don't understand why he did it.

91

过去；从前；旧时

in the past

92

我爸爸总是讲过去的一切如何如何的好。

My dad's always talking about how great everything was back in the day.

93

在过去的某个时候

at a particular time in the past

94

在这个乐队还没出名的时候，我就是他们的歌迷。

I was a fan back in the days when the band wasn't yet famous.

95

破晓；黎明

the moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light

96

结束一天的工作；到此为止；停止

to decide or agree to stop doing sth

97

从政四十年，我想现在也该退休了。

After forty years in politics I think it's time for me to call it a day (= to retire) .

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显而易见；容易看见；容易理解；容易懂

easy to see or understand

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有时间冷静考虑时；在头脑更清醒些的第二天早晨

when you have had time to think calmly about sth; in the morning when things are clearer

100

这些事情在冷静地考虑后总会显得不同。

These things always look different in the cold light of day.

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（所做的）好事，善事

a helpful, kind thing that you do

102

人人皆有得意时

everyone has good luck or success at some point in their life

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为时尚早；言之过早

used to say that it is too soon to be sure how a situation will develop

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（考虑到所有情况后引出最重要的事实）最终，到头来

used to introduce the most important fact after everything has been considered

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最终，他还得自己拿主意。

At the end of the day, he'll still have to make his own decision.

106

从那天起；从那时以后

beginning on that day; from that time

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我宁愿；我更喜欢；我宁可选择

used to say that you prefer a particular thing or person to the one that has just been mentioned

108

我们不常出去。我宁愿坐在电视机前安安静静地过一夜！

We don't go out much. Give me a quiet night in front of the TV any day!

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为时已晚；已失时机

after the time when an action could be successful

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他开始努力工作已为时太晚——不可能赶上了。

He started working hard much too late in the day─he couldn't possibly catch up.

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（虽已失败或经历很糟但仍要）改日再战，卷土重来

used to say that although you have failed or had a bad experience, you will continue

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一整天

the whole length of the day

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（与顾客道别时常用）再见

a friendly way of saying goodbye, especially to customers

114

日日夜夜；夜以继日；连续不断

all the time; continuously

115

这些机器夜以继日地运转着。

The machines are kept running night and day.

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往昔的好 / 苦日子

an earlier period of time in your life or in history that is seen as better/worse than the present

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那是在物价飞涨、生活艰难的往昔。

That was in the bad old days of rampant inflation.

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常见的；流行的；适宜的

common, popular or suitable at a particular time or for a particular occasion

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悲观失望似乎是当今司空见惯的情形。

Pessimism seems to be the order of the day.

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一清二楚；一目了然；显而易见

very obvious

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有备无患；未雨绸缪

to save sth, especially money, for a time when you will really need it

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罗马不是一天建成的；复杂的工作不会一蹴而就

used to say that a complicated task will take a long time and needs patience

123

年少不谙世事的岁月；涉世未深的青少年时代

the time when you are young and do not have much experience of life

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挽回败局；扭转局面

to prevent failure or defeat, when this seems certain to happen

125

欧文后来的进球为利物浦队挽回了败局。

Owen's late goal saved the day for Liverpool.

126

对某人厌弃不睬

to refuse to speak to sb because you do not like or respect them

127

自从她的小说获得成功之后，曾经懒得答理她的人也跟她握起手来。

Since the success of her novel, people shake her hand who once wouldn't have given her the time of day.

1

a period of opportunity

例子:

1. he deserves his day in court
2. every dog has his day

2

some point or period in time

例子:

1. it should arrive any day now
2. after that day she never trusted him again
3. those were the days
4. these days it is not unusual

3

the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working)

例子:

1. my day began early this morning
2. it was a busy day on the stock exchange
3. she called it a day and went to bed

4

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

例子:

1. two days later they left
2. they put on two performances every day
3. there are 30,000 passengers per day

近义词: twenty-four hours,twenty-four hour period,24-hour interval,solar day,mean solar day

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a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance

例子:

1. Mother's Day

6

the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside

例子:

1. the dawn turned night into day
2. it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime

近义词: daytime,daylight

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the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day

近义词: sidereal day

8

the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis

例子:

1. how long is a day on Jupiter?

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an era of existence or influence

例子:

1. in the day of the dinosaurs
2. in the days of the Roman Empire
3. in the days of sailing ships
4. he was a successful pianist in his day