今天就讓我們一起來(lái)看看，和時(shí)間有關(guān)的英語(yǔ)表達(dá)有哪些？

1. pass the time

關(guān)于pass，時(shí)間過(guò)得特別快可以說(shuō)“Time passes so quickly”，而打發(fā)時(shí)間可以說(shuō)pass the time。

When Paula was ill, I took her some magazines to help her pass the time.
葆拉生病時(shí)，我給她帶去一些雜志幫她消磨時(shí)間。

2. no time to lose

用這個(gè)短語(yǔ)催促別人，意思是“沒(méi)時(shí)間耽擱”。

Come on, there's no time to lose, we have to get home before John finds out.
趕快，沒(méi)有時(shí)間耽擱了，我們必須在約翰發(fā)現(xiàn)之前趕到家。

還可以說(shuō)，time is of the essence。意思是“時(shí)間是關(guān)鍵，時(shí)間很寶貴”。

3. have time

這里的time是（可以用來(lái)做某事的）時(shí)間，理解為足夠的時(shí)間或者是額外的時(shí)間，比如：

I don't know how you find time to do all the things you do.
我不知道你是怎么抽出時(shí)間做所有這些事情的。

4. have time on your side

我們知道，have someone on your side是有人是跟你站在同一邊的，也就是被支持的意思，所以have time on your side 表示時(shí)間是跟你站在同一邊，表示（某人）有充裕的時(shí)間。也可以說(shuō)time is on sb's side。另外，have time on your hands等于to have nothing to do，意思是無(wú)事可做。

5. two-time

這是動(dòng)詞哦，意思是腳踏兩條船；對(duì)…不忠。

I ended the relationship when I found out he was two-timing me.
當(dāng)我發(fā)現(xiàn)他腳踏兩條船時(shí)，就分手了。

two-timer就是“對(duì)愛(ài)情不忠者，腳踏兩條船者”。

如果有任何一方已婚，那用having an affair（外遇）形容會(huì)比較恰當(dāng)。

6. be watching the clock

等于have/keep your eye on the clock，形容因厭煩或急于離開(kāi)而老是看表。

I had a train to catch, so I was watching the clock all through the meeting.
我得趕火車(chē)，所以開(kāi)會(huì)的時(shí)候我一直在不停地看時(shí)間。

7. call it a day

這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)的意思是，今天工作就到這了，可以回家了、可以休息了。

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，當(dāng)前，當(dāng)今。

You can't afford to run businesses inefficiently in this day and age.
如今低效經(jīng)營(yíng)企業(yè)是行不通的。

9. shelf life

它（尤指食品的）貨架期，保質(zhì)期，不過(guò)也可以形容“可以使用（受歡迎或成功）的時(shí)限”。

These days many marriages have a fairly short shelf life.
這個(gè)時(shí)代，許多婚姻都無(wú)法持久。

10. in due course

due這個(gè)形容詞意思是預(yù)計(jì)的，預(yù)期的。

短語(yǔ)表示在（將來(lái)）適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)候，到時(shí)候。

You will receive notification of the results in due course.
到時(shí)候你會(huì)收到結(jié)果通知的。

（來(lái)源：滬江英語(yǔ)，作者：球球）