| 单词 | week |
| 释义 | week (wiːk ) Word forms: weeks 1. countable noun A1 A week is a period of seven days. Some people consider that a week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday. I had a letter from my mother last week. This has been on my mind all week. I know a wonderful restaurant where we can have lunch next week. 2. countable noun A1 A week is a period of about seven days. Her mother stayed for another two weeks. Only 12 weeks ago he underwent major heart transplant surgery. Three million people will visit theatres in the annual six-week season. 3. countable noun Your working week is the hours that you spend at work during a week. It is not unusual for women to work a 48-hour week. ...workers on a three-day week. 4. singular noun A1 The week is the part of the week that does not include Saturday and Sunday. ...the hard work of looking after the children during the week. They arrived at the weekend and gave three concerts in the week. 5. countable noun You use week in expressions such as 'a week on Monday', 'a week next Tuesday', and ' tomorrow week' to mean exactly one week after the day that you mention. The deadline to publish the document is a week tomorrow. The 800 metre final is on Monday week. 6. countable noun You use week in expressions such as 'a week last Monday', 'a week ago this Tuesday', and 'a week ago yesterday' to mean exactly one week before the day that you mention. She returned home to Leicestershire a week last Sunday. 7. week in week out phrase If you say that something happens week in week out, you do not like it because it happens all the time, and never seems to change. [disapproval] ...stars who appear on television week in week out. 8. weeks on end phrase When something happens for hours, days, weeks, or years on end, it happens continuously and without stopping for the amount of time that is mentioned. He is a wonderful companion and we can talk for hours on end. I spend days on end in this studio. Collocations: week's worth It doesn't have to be money, it could be a free haircut or manicure or a week's worth of vegetables. The Sun There's a good week's worth of artistic exploration available in and around the city. Times, Sunday Times For one dazzling minute, the idea of chucking in just one week's worth of effort in order to be, finally, 'normal', seemed thrilling. Times, Sunday Times That's easily a week's worth of chateaux, so consider a gîte. Times, Sunday Times I can't remember how much it cost but it was at least a week's worth of paper rounds. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 星期 Japanese: 週 |
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