10个与时刻有关的英语短语,让你的口语更地道

1 pass the time

关于pass，时刻过得特别快可以说“Time passes so quickly”，而打发时刻可以说pass the time。

When Paula was ill, I took her some magazines to help her pass the time.

葆拉患病时，我给她带去一些杂志帮她消磨时刻。

2 no time to lose

用这个短语敦促别人，意思是“没时刻耽搁”。

Come on, there's no time to lose, we have to get home before John finds out.

从速，没有时刻耽搁了，咱们有必要在约翰发现之前赶到家。

还可以说，time is of the essence。意思是“时刻是要害，时刻很名贵”。

3 have time

这儿的time是（可以用来做某事的）时刻，了解为满足的时刻或许是额定的时刻，比方：

I don't know how you find time to do all the things you do.

我不晓得你是怎么抽出时刻做一切这些作业的。

4 have time on your side

咱们晓得，have someone on your side是指有人是跟你站在同一边的，也就是被撑持的意思，所以have time on your side标明时刻是跟你站在同一边，标明（或人）有充裕的时刻。也可以说time is on sb's side。另外，have time on your hands等于to have nothing to do，意思是无事可做。

5 two-time

这是动词哦，意思是脚踏两条船；对…不忠。

I ended the relationship when I found out he was two-timing me.

当我发现他脚踏两条船时，就分手了。

two-timer就是“对恋爱不忠者，脚踏两条船者”。

假定有任何一方已婚，那用having an affair（外遇）描述会比照恰当。

6 be watching the clock

等于have/keep your eye on the clock，描述因厌烦或急于脱离而老是看表。

I had a train to catch, so I was watching the clock all through the meeting.

我得赶火车，所以开会的时分我一向在不断地看时刻。

7 call it a day

这个习语的意思是，今日作业就到这了，可以回家了、可以歇息了。

I'm getting a bit tired now - let's call it a day.

我有些累了——收工吧。

8 in this day and age

替代“at the present time”，意思是如今，其时，当今。

You can't afford to run businesses inefficiently in this day and age.

如今低效运营公司是行不通的。

9 shelf life

它（尤指食物的）货架期，保质期，不过也可以描述“可以运用（受等待或成功）的时限”。

These days many marriages have a fairly short shelf life.

这个年代，许多婚姻都无法耐久。

10 in due course

due这个描述词意思是估计的，预期的。

短语标

明在（将来）恰当的时分，到时分。

You will receive notification of the results in due course.

到时分你会收到成果告诉的。