fortnight

pronunciation

UK [ˈfɔːtnaɪt]word uk audio image

US [ˈfɔːrtnaɪt] word us audio image

  • n.
    两星期,十四天

Word Origin

fortnight 两星期

缩写自古英语fourteniht, 即fourteen night. 来自古日耳曼民族用夜计时间的风俗习惯。

Example

1. The next leg is played at old trafford in a fortnight .
下一站,两星期后在老特拉福德(oldtrafford)开赛。
2. Arteta got another taste of the champions league in dortmund a fortnight ago and cannot wait for his first european night in north london .
两星期前,arteta又参加了多特蒙德冠军杯而且第一个欧洲的夜晚在伦敦北部度过已让他迫不及待了。
3. Lunar new year begins this year on february 10 , but banqueting season is normally in full swing at least a fortnight before .
今年农历新年开始于2月10日,但是至少两星期前宴会季节通常就是已经全面铺开了。
4. After a fortnight of sarah palin fixation in the press - in turn contributing to a republican bounce in the polls , comes news today that obama has a two-point lead in the us presidential race , according to a reuters / zogby poll .
两星期以来,随着媒体大量报道萨拉佩琳角色的确定-使得共和党在民意调查中有所反弹,今天传来消息,根据路透社/佐格比的民意调查,奥巴马在美国总统竞选中领先两个百分点。
5. The internal israeli debate was launched in an article by nahum barnea , perhaps israel 's most important journalist , in the country 's most popular daily , yediot aharonot , a fortnight ago .
以色列的内部辩论始于内厄姆巴尔内亚(nahumbarnea)的一篇文章,他大概是以色列最有份量的记者了,这篇文章两星期前发表在以色列最流行的报纸《以色列日报》上。

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