| 单词 | hours |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔-lined〕Fires broke out at three railway stations, halting service on two commuter lines for several hours.三个火车站发生了火灾，两条通勤线路的服务被迫中断数小时。柯林斯高阶〔-lined〕The next line should read: Five days, 23.5 hours.下一行应该是：5天，23.5小时。柯林斯高阶〔ATTACK〕Less than 24 hours after this cross-border raid, army jets hit back with a devastating air strike. 这次越界侵袭之后不到24小时，军队的喷气式飞机就进行了反击，发动了一次毁灭性的空袭。朗文写作活用〔CONTINUE〕Doctors who are forced to work 36 hours at a stretch cannot possibly be fully efficient. 必须36小时连续工作的医生不可能效率十足。朗文写作活用〔CONTINUE〕She's been driving non-stop for hours. 她已经连续驾驶好几个小时了。朗文写作活用〔FED UP〕He waited for two hours, then he got fed up and left. 他等了两个小时，后来等得不耐烦，就走了。朗文写作活用〔HOV〕In the morning and afternoon rush hours HOV restrictions are enforced.在早晨和下午的高峰时间，对车辆高乘载的规定被严格执行。剑桥高阶〔LATE〕She and her friends used to stay out till all hours, going from club to club. 以前她和她的那些朋友深更半夜都还在外面，一家接着一家俱乐部地玩。朗文写作活用〔LATE〕The club didn't close till the early hours. 这个俱乐部营业至凌晨才关门。朗文写作活用〔LISTEN〕They used to have hours of fun listening in on what people were doing in their hotel rooms. 以前他们会长时间地偷听人家在酒店客房里干什么，以此为乐。朗文写作活用〔MAKE〕She was always good on the sewing machine. She could knock off an outfit in two hours. 她总是很擅长使用缝纫机，两小时就能做好一套衣服。朗文写作活用〔SPEND MONEY OR TIME|花钱/时间〕She usually ends up putting in several extra hours work at weekends. 她在周末通常还要多花好几个小时来工作。朗文写作活用〔SPEND MONEY OR TIME|花钱/时间〕The train doesn't leave till two, so we have a couple of hours to kill. 火车两点才开，所以我们还得等几个小时。朗文写作活用〔STUPID/SILLY〕The telephone lines are only open during office hours, which is ludicrous in this day and age. 电话线只在上班时间开通，在现在这个时代这是很荒唐的。朗文写作活用〔SUCCEED/SUCCESSFUL〕The early warning system has had some success; for example Pacific coast residents get four hours notice of a potential earthquake. 这个预警系统是有一定作用的，例如，如有可能发生地震，太平洋沿岸地区的居民能提前四小时接到警报。朗文写作活用〔TIME〕Our telephone hotline is open during regular business hours. 我们的热线电话在正常的办公时间内为大家服务。朗文写作活用〔UNUSUAL〕It is uncommon for small babies to sleep more than four hours without waking. 小宝宝连睡四小时以上而不醒并不寻常。朗文写作活用〔VISIT〕The flight to Australia takes 28 hours but we stop over in Singapore for a night. 去澳大利亚的飞机航程是28小时，但我们中途会在新加坡停留一晚。朗文写作活用〔WORK FOR SB〕At certain stages of a project, most staff members are expected to work additional hours when needed. 一个项目进展到某些阶段，如有需要大部分员工都得加班。朗文写作活用〔WORK HARD〕Ed had been slaving away at his essay for hours, but it still wasn't finished. 艾德苦干了好几个小时写论文，但还没有写完。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕Robin spent many lunch hours poring over her math assignments. 罗宾用了很多午餐时间仔细阅读她的数学作业。朗文写作活用〔above〕We waited over 2 hours.我们等了两个多小时。牛津高阶〔abstain〕Pilots must abstain from alcohol for 24 hours before flying.飞行员在飞行前的 24 小时里必须禁酒。朗文当代〔add insult to injury〕Most people were forced to work longer hours each week, and to add insult to injury, the company decided not to give pay raises.多数人被迫每周延长工时，更糟糕的是，公司还决定不给加薪。韦氏高阶〔advise〕Experts advise that sunscreen be reapplied every one to two hours.专家建议每隔一两个小时重抹一遍防晒霜。朗文当代〔alien〕I felt so very alien during my first hours in that country.初到该国我有种强烈的陌生感。英汉大词典〔amused〕He kept the children amused for hours.他让孩子们几个小时都不觉得腻烦。牛津搭配〔and〕We sat and waited for hours.我们坐着等了几个小时。韦氏高阶〔arrive at〕It took hours to arrive at a decision.花了好几个小时才作出决定。外研社新世纪〔assign〕I have assigned four hours for recording the data.我已留出4小时来记录数据。麦克米伦高阶〔attendant〕We'll have an attendant with him 24 hours a day to keep an eye on him.我们将给他安排一个护理，每天24小时看护他。麦克米伦高阶〔average〕The average child spends around ten hours a week watching television.普通孩子一周花大约10小时看电视。麦克米伦高阶〔balk〕I balked at the prospect of spending four hours on a train with him.想到要与他一起在火车上度过4个小时，我心里就犯嘀咕。剑桥高阶〔bargain〕After hours of negotiating, a bargain was finally reached.谈判了几小时后终于达成了一项协议。麦克米伦高阶〔be in sb's good/bad books〕He's in Melanie's bad books because he arrived two hours late.他迟到了两小时，梅拉妮对他很恼火。剑桥高阶〔be locked in sth〕We were locked in traffic for over two hours on the way home.回家的路上我们因堵车被困了两个多小时。剑桥高阶〔begin〕I didn’t start worrying/to worry until she was 2 hours late.她晚了两小时后我才开始担忧起来。牛津高阶〔bog〕The talks with the men bogged down on the questions of working hours.和工人们的谈判在讨论到工作时间问题时陷入了僵局。英汉大词典〔bomb disposal〕A few hours later bomb disposal experts defused the devices.几小时以后拆弹专家拆除了该爆炸装置的引信。柯林斯高阶〔breakthrough〕The breakthrough came hours before a UN deadline.在联合国的最后期限到来前数小时取得了重大突破。柯林斯高阶〔capitulate〕In less than two hours Cohen capitulated to virtually every demand.不到两个小时科恩就屈服了, 几乎接受了所有要求。外研社新世纪〔chain〕The hostages were kept in chains for 23 hours a day.人质们一天里有23小时戴着镣铐。剑桥高阶〔change over〕The driver and the navigator changed over after four hours.4个小时之后驾驶员和领航员对换位置。外研社新世纪〔coherent〕She only became coherent again two hours after the attack.她受袭两小时之后才恢复了清楚说话的能力。牛津高阶〔come〕The agreement came after several hours of negotiations.协议经过几小时的谈判后才达成。牛津高阶〔complin〕The last of the seven canonical hours recited or sung just before retiring.晚祷：入睡前背诵或唱颂的七次日课经中的最后一次美国传统〔confess〕He confessed after being questioned for many hours.被审讯几个小时后，他终于招供了。韦氏高阶〔contract〕She has contracted to work 20 hours a week.她已签订每周工作 20 小时的合同。牛津高阶〔copulate〕Whales take 24 hours to copulate.鲸鱼的交配需要24小时。外研社新世纪〔day〕The shop is open 24 hours a day.全天24小时麦克米伦高阶〔delay〕Airline travelers are experiencing delays of up to three hours.飞机乘客常碰上延误，有的长达三小时。韦氏高阶〔deliberation〕After hours of deliberation, the council came to a decision.经过数小时的仔细斟酌，委员会做出了决定。韦氏高阶〔departure〕Flights should be confirmed 48 hours before departure.航班应在起飞前 48 小时予以确认。牛津高阶〔diurnal〕Botany Opening during daylight hours and closing at night.【植物学】 （花）昼开夜闭的，（花）仅开一天的美国传统〔early〕The show closed four hours early.展览会提早4小时结束。英汉大词典〔edit〕The movie's 129 minutes were edited down from 150 hours of footage.这部129分钟的影片是从总长150小时的胶片中剪辑出来的。剑桥高阶〔entertain〕He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes.他讲故事说笑话，逗我们乐了好几个小时。牛津高阶〔entranced〕For three hours we sat entranced.我们如痴如醉地坐了三个小时。外研社新世纪〔extra〕Recently he's been working an extra two hours a day.近来他每天都加班两个小时。剑桥高阶〔few〕Doctors work an average of 90 hours a week, while a few are on call for up to 120 hours.医生平均每周工作90小时, 有些值班医生达到120小时。外研社新世纪〔fill〕I spent over two hours filling in the application form.我花了两个多小时填写申请表。麦克米伦高阶〔fix〕Fresh plaster will fix in a few hours.新抹的泥灰在几个小时内能干美国传统〔fogbound〕She spent hours fogbound in Brussels.她因雾在布鲁塞尔滞留了好几个小时。牛津高阶〔gain〕My watch has gained (by) ten minutes over the last 24 hours.在过去的24小时里我的表快了10分钟。剑桥高阶〔gaze〕He sat for hours just gazing into space.他一连几个小时坐在那里茫然地看着前面。牛津高阶〔get somewhere〕After hours of questioning, the police began to get somewhere with the suspect.经过数小时讯问，警方对嫌疑人的调查取得了进展。韦氏高阶〔gorge〕He sat gorging for hours.他坐在那儿狼吞虎咽地吃了好几个小时。英汉大词典〔heat〕With only three hours left to complete the task, the heat was definitely on us.离完成这项任务的期限只有三个小时了, 我们身上的压力当然很大。外研社新世纪〔hold up〕A major accident held traffic up for hours.一场重大交通事故使道路堵塞了几个小时。韦氏高阶〔horary〕Of an hour or hours.小时的：一个或几个小时的美国传统〔hour〕He spends a lot of time in his office after hours.下班后他还要在办公室里待很长时间。牛津搭配〔hour〕Most people in this kind of job tend to work long hours.很多从事这种工作的人往往工作时间很长。牛津高阶〔hour〕She lay awake for hour after hour (=for many hours, continuously).她躺着，很长时间无法入睡。朗文当代〔hour〕This clock strikes the hours and the half-hours.这口钟每一小时和半小时打点。英汉大词典〔hour〕War was declared at eighteen hundred hours/18.00 hours (= at six o'clock in the evening).宣战时间是晚上6点。剑桥高阶〔idea〕Having to commute for two hours a day is not my idea of fun.每天不得不花上两个小时来回上下班, 我可不觉得这有什么乐趣。外研社新世纪〔impossibly〕Doctors are being forced to work impossibly long hours.医生们被迫长时间工作，时间长得令人难以置信。剑桥高阶〔inch〕Three inches of rain fell in 14 hours yesterday.昨天14个小时内下了3吋的雨。外研社新世纪〔jet〕Australia was a mere couple of hours away by jet.乘喷气式飞机到澳大利亚只需几个小时。牛津搭配〔kick〕He spent hours at Barcelona airport, kicking his heels, waiting for the overdue connection to Palma.转机前往帕尔马的航班延误让他在巴塞罗那机场空等了好几个小时。外研社新世纪〔kid〕He was three hours late for the meeting; no kidding! 他开会迟到了3个小时，不骗你！麦克米伦高阶〔kill〕He spent long hours keeping out of the way, killing time.他长时间躲到一旁消磨时光。外研社新世纪〔knock sth on the head〕It's nearly done - another couple of hours should knock it on the head.快做完了——再有几个小时就搞定了。剑桥高阶〔labour〕Three hours after the explosion, rescue teams were still labouring to free those trapped.爆炸发生3小时后，救援队员还在奋力解救被困人员。剑桥高阶〔last〕He lasted for three hours underground.他在地下坚持了3小时。英汉大词典〔last〕He said nothing in his last hours.他临死时什么都没说。英汉大词典〔last〕The last of the ten inmates gave themselves up after twenty eight hours on the roof of the prison.在监狱屋顶上坚持了28小时后，10名囚犯中的最后几个终于投降。柯林斯高阶〔less〕We made it there in less than six hours.我们只花了不到六个小时就到了那儿。韦氏高阶〔lie〕Normally, a woman will lie in a few hours before the birth of her child.在正常情况下,妇女在分娩前要待产几小时。英汉大词典〔light〕Three hours before first light Fuentes gave orders for the evacuation of the camp.拂晓前三小时, 富恩特斯命令撤离宿营地。外研社新世纪〔lop off〕The Air France plane lopped over four hours off the previous best time.法国航空公司的飞机在原来最短航行时间的基础上又缩减了四个多小时。外研社新世纪〔make representations/a representation to sb/sth〕We made representations to the boss about the long working hours.我们就工作时间过长一事向老板提出抗议。剑桥高阶〔marcher〕Fights between police and marchers lasted for three hours.警方和示威游行者之间的冲突持续了3个小时。外研社新世纪〔marinate〕Marinate the chicken for at least 4 hours.将鸡肉腌泡至少4个小时。外研社新世纪〔marinate〕Marinate the chicken for at least 4 hours.把鸡肉腌泡至少4小时柯林斯高阶〔mean〕Eight hours is a happy mean between too much sleep and too little.八小时睡眠恰到好处，既不太多，也不太少。文馨英汉〔minimum〕As an absolute minimum, you should spend two hours in the evening studying.你每天晚上应花两个小时学习，这绝对是最低要求。牛津高阶〔moon〕She sits mooning over his photograph for hours.她一坐好几个小时，对着他的照片出神。朗文当代〔muddle away〕They muddled away the hours until train time.他们在火车开动以前只好胡乱地打发时间。21世纪英汉〔nearly〕It took nearly two hours to get here.到这里花了将近两个小时。朗文当代〔nonstop〕The phones had been ringing nonstop for the last thirty-six hours.过去36个小时里电话响个不停。英汉大词典〔orbit〕The satellite orbits the Earth every 48 hours.这颗人造卫星每 48 小时绕地球运行一周。朗文当代〔ought〕They ought to have reached home two hours ago.他们应该在两个小时以前就到家了。外研社新世纪〔outside〕You'll have to do it outside office hours.你得在办公时间以外做这件事。英汉大词典〔outskirts〕Hours later we reached the outskirts of New York.我们几小时后到达了纽约市郊。柯林斯高阶〔pacifiable〕Try to pacify the child, he's been crying for hours.快哄哄孩子，他哭了好几个钟头了。21世纪英汉〔paint〕Paint the varnish on and leave it to dry for four hours.涂上清漆,然后等4个小时让它晾干。英汉大词典〔panel〕The panel spent 14 hours going over the evidence.陪审团花了 14 个小时研究证据。朗文当代〔past〕The hours seemed to fly past.几个小时一晃而过。朗文当代〔performance〕He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties.为了完成任务，他每周工作70多个小时。柯林斯高阶〔perform〕You are required to perform 50 hours of community service.你必须完成50个小时的社区服务。韦氏高阶〔piece〕Police are trying to piece together the last hours of her life.警方正努力理清她在死亡之前数小时的情况。牛津高阶〔plea〕Hospital visiting hours were extended in response to pleas from patients.应病人的请求，医院延长了探视时间。牛津搭配〔polyclinic〕The village polyclinic, open 24 hours a day, will treat everything from serious injuries to simple colds.村里的分科诊所24小时开放，可以治疗从严重受伤到简单感冒等各种问题。剑桥高阶〔practice〕The team's practices usually last two hours.球队的训练通常持续两个小时。韦氏高阶〔put sth together〕It took several hours to put the puzzle together.要花好几个小时才能把拼图拼好。剑桥高阶〔question〕He questioned whether anybody could run a marathon in less than 2 hours.他怀疑有谁能够在2小时内跑完马拉松。英汉大词典〔reckon〕The journey was reckoned to take about two hours.路上估计要花大约两个小时。牛津高阶〔reflect on〕Your own personal behaviour as a teacher, outside of school hours, reflects on the school itself.你作为教师的个人行为, 即使是在上课时间之外, 也会关系到学校的形象。外研社新世纪〔relay〕The guard was relayed every four hours.看守每四小时轮换一次。外研社新世纪〔remember〕We sat for hours remembering old times.我们坐了几个小时，回忆往事。牛津同义词〔repeat〕The cycle repeats every 24 hours.这种循环每24小时重复一次。韦氏高阶〔request〕Requests for visas will be dealt with within 48 hours.签证申请将在48小时内予以办理。麦克米伦高阶〔road〕It takes 3 hours by train and 4 by road.乘火车要3小时,乘汽车为4小时。英汉大词典〔rob〕Police said Stefanovski had robbed a man just hours earlier.警察说斯泰凡诺夫斯基就在几个小时前抢劫了一名男子。柯林斯高阶〔run〕The film runs (= lasts) for two hours.这部电影长两个小时。剑桥高阶〔seiche〕A wave that oscillates in lakes, bays, or gulfs from a few minutes to a few hours as a result of seismic or atmospheric disturbances.湖面波动，湖震：因地震或大气震荡而引起的湖泊、港湾或海湾等内陆海面的波动，持续几分钟到几小时美国传统〔sell〕The tickets sold out within hours.几小时内票就卖光了。牛津高阶〔semester_〕The course is worth 40 semester credit hours.此课程可以记 40 个学时。牛津搭配〔sift〕I spent hours sifting through those heavy art books.我花了好几个小时翻看那些沉甸甸的画册。牛津搭配〔sister〕The sister told us that visiting hours were over.护士长告诉我探病时间已过。剑桥高阶〔slave〕I haven't got time to spend hours slaving over a hot stove(= doing a lot of cooking).我没时间老围着灶台转。牛津高阶〔snatch〕You can even snatch a few hours off.你甚至可以抽空休息几个小时。外研社新世纪〔sociable〕The pay is good, but the hours are not very sociable.薪水不错，但是工作时间没有太多的社交。麦克米伦高阶〔stage〕They had now been on stage for over four hours.他们现在已经在舞台上演出4个多小时了。麦克米伦高阶〔starter〕I'd say for starters that he's been dead more than three hours.首先我想说, 他已经去世三个多小时了。外研社新世纪〔stew〕Leave it to stew gently for three hours.用文火炖三个小时。外研社新世纪〔straight〕We'd been driving for five hours straight and needed a break.我们已经连续开了5个小时的车，需要休息一下。麦克米伦高阶〔strain〕Long hours working at a computer can cause eye strain.长时间使用计算机工作会引起视疲劳。朗文当代〔stretch〕He often works for 12 hours at a stretch.他经常连续工作12个小时。外研社新世纪〔stretch〕She rarely sleeps for eight hours at a stretch (=without stopping) .她很少连续睡八小时。朗文当代〔tap〕She has been tapping a typewriter for two hours.她打字已经打了2个钟头了。英汉大词典〔tick away〕The hours ticked by.时间一个钟点一个钟点过去了。21世纪英汉〔tick〕The railway station clock ticked away the hours of waiting.火车站的时钟滴答不止,在等候之中几小时过去了。英汉大词典〔time and a half〕We get paid 20 dollars an hour for 40 hours and time and a half for overtime.工作40个小时，我们会得到每小时20美元的工钱；如果加班工作，我们会得到一倍半的工钱。韦氏高阶〔together〕She sat for hours together just staring into space.她连续几个小时坐在那里怔怔地望着前面。牛津高阶〔track〕The hunters followed the tracks of the deer for hours.猎人循着鹿的脚印追了几个小时。剑桥高阶〔traffic〕Internet/network traffic can cause slower response times during peak hours.互联网/网络访问量在高峰期会造成反应速度减慢。韦氏高阶〔uncounted〕They spent uncounted hours on the project.他们在这个项目上投入了数不清的时间。韦氏高阶〔unequally〕The Egyptians probably measured their day in twenty-four hours of unequal length.埃及人很有可能用不同长度的24小时来度量日子。柯林斯高阶〔unsocial〕Unsocial hours make for good rates of pay.非正常工作时间的工资高。外研社新世纪〔visiting hours〕Visiting hours are between 6 and 9 p.m.探望时间是晚上6点到9点。剑桥高阶〔wait about〕He waited about in the hotel for two hours yesterday.他昨天在旅馆里空等了两个小时。21世纪英汉〔wee small hours〕There's nothing worse than being wide awake in the wee small hours.凌晨了还醒着睡不着，没有什么比这更糟糕。剑桥高阶〔whether〕The journey, whether by road or rail, takes under four hours.不论坐汽车还是火车，行程都不超过4小时。麦克米伦高阶〔while away〕They whiled the hours away telling jokes and stories.他们讲笑话，讲故事，愉快地度过了几个小时。韦氏高阶〔within〕Within hours of the tragedy happening, an emergency rescue team had been assembled.悲剧发生后几小时之内，就集结起来一支紧急救援队伍。剑桥高阶〔without〕You shouldn't drive for more than three hours without taking a break.你不该连续开车3个多小时而不休息。剑桥高阶〔with〕We grow older with the hours.我们随时光流逝而长大美国传统A miscount of the votes delayed the announcement of the result by a few hours.选票的计算错误使结果的宣布推迟了几小时。剑桥国际Doctors are being forced to work impossibly long hours.医生被迫长时间工作，长到令人难相信。剑桥国际He works long hours (= starts work early and finishes late).他长时间地工作。剑桥国际I had nine blissful hours of sleep. 我无忧无虑地酣睡了九个小时。译典通I only asked him for a light, but two hours later he'd told me his whole life history.我只是向他要个火，可两小时后他把他整个生活历程都告诉了我。剑桥国际I'm just going to beautify myself--it should only take a few hours.我正打算美容一下----只需要几小时。剑桥国际It took firemen three hours to bring out the dead and injured because they were hampered by wreckage and smoke.消防员用了3个小时才将死伤者救了出来，因为他们受到了残骸与烟气的阻碍。剑桥国际It took several hours for the fog to lift.过了好几个小时雾才散去。剑桥国际It took the firefighters hours to extinguish the flames.消防队员用了好几个小时才把火扑灭。剑桥国际My watch has gained (by) ten minutes over the last twenty-four hours.我的表在过去的24小时内快了10分钟。剑桥国际Our news desk (= place where news is collected) is staffed twenty-four hours a day.我们的新闻台二十四小时都有人。剑桥国际Say/ Let's say (= If we accept) (that) the journey takes three hours, that means you'll arrive at 2 o'clock. [+ (that) clause] 假定这段路程需要3小时的话，那就是说你们将在两点钟到达。剑桥国际Several embassy staff were declared persona non grata and asked to leave the country within 48 hours.几名大使馆成员被宣布为不受欢迎的人，限在48小时内离开该国。剑桥国际She had put behind her memories of the gay young girl who nightclubbed until all hours. 她不再去想她过去年轻快乐时常去夜总会玩到很晚的那个时光了。译典通She learned her lines in a few hours. 她几个小时就背熟了台词。译典通She really is a model (= perfect) student. She studies for three hours every night and hands in all her homework on time.她真是个模范学生。她每天晚上学习三小时，总是按时交作业。剑桥国际She spends hours and hours (=a very long time) on the telephone.她一打起电话就是好几个小时。剑桥国际Staff with annual hours contracts work longer hours during busier periods of the year.签订按工时付年薪合同的员工，在一年中的繁忙季节工作的时间更长。牛津商务Stew the pears gently in red wine for a couple of hours.将梨子在红葡萄酒中慢慢炖上几小时。剑桥国际The audience was enthralled for two hours by a sparkling, dramatic performance.观众被一个精采的戏剧表演吸引了两个小时。剑桥国际The baby was born with a problem with its heart and only survived for a few hours.那个婴儿出生时就有心脏缺陷，所以只活了几小时就夭折了。剑桥国际The batteries last for four hours and recharge in 2.5 hours.电池供电4小时，两个半小时后再充电。剑桥国际The earth turns on its axis once every 24 hours.地球绕着地轴每24小时旋转一周。剑桥国际The flight will take three hours. 路上要飞三小时。译典通The journey took exactly three hours.旅程正好用了3个小时。剑桥国际The sole survivor of the accident was found in the water after six hours.事故的唯一幸存者于6小时后被发现在水中。剑桥国际The stock market imploded, losing a quarter of its value in two hours.股市崩溃了，股值在两小时之内贬值了四分之一。牛津商务The store has extended its opening hours.商店延长了营业时间。牛津商务There 's no sense in waiting (= It is not practical to wait)--the next train isn't for two hours. 等是不明智的----要过两个小时，下一班车才会来。剑桥国际They all pitched in and finished the work within two hours. 他们全部努力地做，两小时内就把工作完成了。译典通They gave him a one-shot payment to compensate for the extra hours that he had to work.他们一次性支付给他一笔钱来补偿他必须进行的额外工作时间。剑桥国际They sit for hours, earnestly discussing the state of the economy.他们坐了几小时，严肃地讨论了经济状况的问题。剑桥国际We argued the matter over for hours. 我们为这事辩论了几小时。译典通We arrived at the party two hours late, soaking wet and very hungry, and worst of all (= the most unpleasant thing was) there was no food when we got there.我们迟到两个小时到达聚会，浑身湿透，饥肠辘辘，最糟的是，我们到那里的时候已经没有食物了。剑桥国际We covered 400km in three hours.三个小时我们赶了400公里路。剑桥国际We do have voicemail after hours.下班后我们确实有语音邮件服务。牛津商务We spent hours sanding and polishing the wood floor in the living room.我们花了好几个小时将客厅的木地板磨光，擦亮。剑桥国际We were stuck in a (traffic) jam (= a line of vehicles unable to move) for two hours.我们在交通堵塞中被困了两个小时。剑桥国际We will have to come to terms with him about how many hours a week he is going to work for us.关于他每星期为我们工作几小时的问题，我们得和他达成协议。剑桥国际With jobs so scarce, many young people spend long hours with little to do but drink and stew.因就业机会十分有限，许多年轻人除了喝酒和消磨时间外，整天无所事事。剑桥国际Working hours are limited by statute. 工作时间有法令限制。译典通 |
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