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单词 hourly
释义
hourlyhour‧ly /ˈaʊəli $ ˈaʊrli/ adjective [only before noun] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The shuttle offers hourly flights linking New York and Washington.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A toll-free number for Internet access may be offered as well for an hourly charge.
  • An hourly service from 10.00 will operate and there will be accommodation for non-Santa passengers.
  • Caffeine enemas are given four hourly, as well as castor oil - orally or by enema - to aid detoxification.
  • Every day, and sometimes hourly, another batch of papers reaches the manager demanding his attention.
  • Four years later, it converted to hourly news headlines that it produced itself.
  • He announced the results of a survey of 400 vets working in 600 slaughterhouses which found the average hourly rate was £25.70.
  • The client must be told the hourly rate charged and the extent of the mark-up for skill, care and attention.
  • To ensure complete objectivity there are a growing number of IFAs who do not take commission but who charge an hourly fee.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen you do something regularly, or something happens regularly
if you do something regularly , you do it on many different occasions, usually with the same amount of time in between: · I've been going jogging regularly for a couple of years now.· Both my sons phone me regularly, usually once a week.· Company reports are published regularly and sent out to all shareholders.
a regular event or activity happens every hour, every week, every month etc, usually with the same amount of time in between: · Do you do any regular exercise?· It's important to visit your dentist for regular check-ups.· The Parent-Teacher Association has regular meetings every month.on a regular basis (=regularly): · More than 60% of adults drink wine on a regular basis.at regular intervals (=with equal amounts of time between): · The prison is inspected at regular intervals by government health officers.a regular feature (of something) (=a regular event that has become an important part of something): · The exhibitions by young artists formed a regular feature of the London arts scene.
· She cycles to work every day.· Every Sunday we go to my mother's for lunch.· The series has been on TV every week for forty years.
happening or done every hour, every day etc: · There are daily flights to Frankfurt.· a weekly current affairs programme· a monthly magazine
happening one day, week etc, but not the next and continuing in this way: · Every other Thursday there's a farmers' market in the town.· How often do you go shopping? Oh, every other day.
especially British happening one day, week etc, but not the next and continuing in this way. Alternate days etc is more formal than every other day etc: · I have to work a 37 hour week, including alternate weekends.· Indoor bowls nights are held at the hall on alternate Tuesdays at 7.30.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· Some football players have weekly earnings of over £50,000.
(=the amount someone is paid per hour or per week)· Women have lower hourly rates of pay than men.
· The average daily wage was £100.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Within the Paid Employment Arena 3.2 Differential hourly earnings are the most obvious indicator of the patriarchal dividend.· Mississippi has the lowest income per capita of any state, as well as the lowest hourly earnings for production workers.· Average hourly earnings advanced a scant 1 cent in January, reaching $ 12. 06.
· To ensure complete objectivity there are a growing number of IFAs who do not take commission but who charge an hourly fee.· Mr Bennett, even at his hourly fees still an officer of the court, should be ashamed of himself.· And I will pay you your regular hourly fee plus fifty percent.· It did, however, charge hourly fees that could add up quickly for heavy users.
· Costs Our charges are calculated by reference to an hourly rate.· He announced the results of a survey of 400 vets working in 600 slaughterhouses which found the average hourly rate was £25.70.· There is one basic hourly rate with a limited number of hours and a single overtime rate.· Some firms find the problem of setting out hourly rates some-what daunting.· All instruments, programming and engineering fees are included in the hourly rate of £16.· The client must be told the hourly rate charged and the extent of the mark-up for skill, care and attention.· Where there is a match the number of hours in column C is multiplied by the hourly rate.· Or perhaps an hourly rate - what do you think?
· Last night his hourly wage, about £8 in loose change was nicked from under his nose by scavenging ragamuffins.· Bond prices initially slumped after the report showed hourly wages rose 0. 4 percent last month and rekindled inflation concerns.· In fact, production employees receive no base salary or hourly wage at all.· As early as 1966, a Labor Department study found both earned about the same hourly wages.
· Top performing hourly workers in 1988 could earn as much as $ 80, 000 in earnings including bonus.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Average hourly earnings advanced a scant 1 cent in January, reaching $ 12. 06.
  • It did, however, charge hourly fees that could add up quickly for heavy users.
  • Mississippi has the lowest income per capita of any state, as well as the lowest hourly earnings for production workers.
  • Mr Bennett, even at his hourly fees still an officer of the court, should be ashamed of himself.
  • Within the Paid Employment Arena 3.2 Differential hourly earnings are the most obvious indicator of the patriarchal dividend.
1happening or done every hour:  hourly news broadcasts Buses run at hourly intervals.2hourly pay/earnings/fees etc the amount you earn or charge for every hour you work:  They are paid an hourly rate.hourly adverb:  The database is updated hourly.
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