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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My daughter comes to visit me once every fortnight.
  我女儿每两周来看我一次。
• What I'd like is a fortnight in Greece where I can get away from it all.
  我所希望的是在希腊呆上2个星期，在那里我可以逃避现代生活的各种烦恼。
• So we should hear back in a fortnight or so.
  两周左右就能听到回音了。
• We have now been here almost a fortnight, and yet he does not come.
  我们来这儿都快两个星期了，可他还不来。
• 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。
• 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。