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

• 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。
• 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。
• We were there for a fortnight and it rained buckets every day.
  我们在那里呆了两个星期，天天下倾盆大雨。
• 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 have attended four leaving dos for various people at various companies in the past fortnight alone.
  仅仅在过去两周内，我就参加了4个不同公司欢送不同人的告别聚会。
• 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。
• He had been stayed in there fortnight.
  他在那儿呆了两星期。
• I must try and cheer up H.B.as he has had a hell of a fortnight.
  我必须尽可能让H.B。高兴起来他已经经受了两个星期的折磨。
• 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。
• My aunt's coming in a fortnight's time.
  我的姨妈将在两周后到这儿来。