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

• 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。
• 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 know, because I've spent the past fortnight obsessively staring at footballers 'feet and making notes.
  我知道这些是因为我在过去的两周中一直紧盯着球员的战靴并做了笔记。
• It's a fortnight since I last saw him.
  自从上次见到他后，我已两星期没见到他了。
• 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。
• My aunt's coming in a fortnight's time.
  我的姨妈将在两周后到这儿来。
• I went to Rothesay for a fortnight.
  我到罗瑟赛依去了两个星期。
• He had been stayed in there fortnight.
  他在那儿呆了两星期。
• Bespeak him a fortnight before, I will have Antonio's heart if he forfeit.
  只要安东尼奥要受罚，我就会要了他的心。
• We had a big snow here a fortnight ago.
  两周前我们这里下了一场大雪。