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

• Last year I paid a visit to her and stayed fortnight with her.
  去年我去看她，呆了两周的时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• He looked much thinner than when I had seenhim a fortnight before.
  他比我半个月前见到他时瘦了很多。
• 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 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。
• Having chosen a meditation it is important that you stick to that meditation for, at the very least, a fortnight.
  选择了一种冥想方法后，至少要坚持练习两周时间，这一点非常重要。
• 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 hope to be back in a fortnight.
  我希望在两周内赶回来。
• 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。