Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, cancelled a conference in Las Vegas at the last minute and rebooked it in San Francisco, which cost more but sounded less fun.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
To get maximum benefit from walking, aim for 45 minutes a day, an average of five days a week.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
Tom, would you please watch my suitcase for a minute?
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
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N-COUNT
分;分鐘
A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say 'a minute' or 'minutes' when they mean a short length of time.
例句
The pizza will then take about twenty minutes to cook...
然后比薩餅做出來大約要用20分鐘的時間。
Bye Mum, see you in a minute...
媽媽，一會兒見。
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N-PLURAL
會議記錄
The minutes of a meeting are the written records of the things that are discussed or decided at it.
例句
He'd been reading the minutes of the last meeting.
他剛才一直在閱讀上次會議的記錄。
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VERB
將…記入會議記錄
When someone minutes something that is discussed or decided at a meeting, they make a written record of it.
例句
You don't need to minute that.
你不必把那一點記入會議記錄。
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CONVENTION
等一下;且慢
People often use expressions such as wait a minute or just a minute when they want to stop you doing or saying something.
例句
Wait a minute, folks, something is wrong here...
等一下，伙計們，這里有點不對勁。
Hey, just a minute!
嗨，等一下！
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PHRASE
隨時;馬上;很快
If you say that something will or may happen at any minute or any minute now, you are emphasizing that it is likely to happen very soon.
例句
It looked as though it might rain at any minute...
看上去好像馬上就要下雨了。
He ought to be back any minute...
他應(yīng)該隨時都會回來。
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PHRASE
根本不;一點也不
If you say that you do not believe for a minute or for one minute that something is true, you are emphasizing that you do not believe that it is true.
例句
I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared...
我壓根不認為她會有所畏懼。
I don't believe him for a minute.
我一點也不相信他。
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PHRASE
最后關(guān)頭; 最后一刻
A last-minute action is one that is done at the latest time possible.
例句
She was doing some last-minute revision for her exams...
她在為考試進行最后的復(fù)習(xí)。
The location has been changed at the last minute...
在最后一刻改變了地點。
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PHRASE
下一刻(強調(diào)事情發(fā)生得很突然)
You use the expression the next minute or expressions such as 'one minute he was there, the next he was gone' to emphasize that something happens suddenly.
例句
The next minute my father came in...
接著我父親突然進來了。
Jobs are there one minute, gone the next.
工作機會稍縱即逝。
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PHRASE
一…就…
If you say that something happens the minute something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing.
例句
The minute you do this, you'll lose control...
你一旦做了這件事，就會失去控制。
The minute that the war started, everybody was glued to the television.
戰(zhàn)事一起，所有人都盯緊了電視報道。
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PHRASE
此刻;就在此時
If you say that something must be done this minute, you are emphasizing that it must be done immediately.
例句
I need to speak with her right this minute...
我現(xiàn)在就需要跟她談?wù)劇?/i>
Anna, stop that. Sit down this minute.
安娜，住手。馬上坐下。