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Very quick — as quick as you can go. From the army again: quick time is a brisk walk; double time is a , about twice as many steps. An officer shouts “Double time!” and everyone starts running.
Very quick非常快——as quick as you can go快到你能多快就多快。From the army again又是從軍隊來的:quick time is是 a brisk walk輕快的步行;double time is是 a jog小跑步,about twice as many steps步數大約多一倍。An officer軍官 shouts大喊 “Double time!” and everyone starts running大家就開始跑。
Outside the army, people still say “do it in double time” or “we’re working double-time” to mean they are hurrying, or working extra hard and extra fast. It can name the pace (a noun), describe it, or tell you how to move. Informal when it is not military.
Outside the army在軍隊之外,people人們 still say還是會說 “do it in double time” or或 “we’re working double-time”,to mean意思是 they are hurrying他們在趕,or working或做事 extra hard特別拚 and extra fast又特別快。It它 can name the pace可以當這種速度的名字(a noun名詞)、describe it形容它,or tell you how to move或告訴你該怎麼移動。when it is not military不是軍事場合時 Informal就是口語用法。
Though actually, at work “double time” is also a completely different thing: twice your usual hourly pay, often on a holiday or extra hours. This entry is only the speed meaning; the pay meaning lives in another box.
Though actually不過其實,at work在職場上 “double time” is also也是 a completely different thing完全另一回事:your usual hourly pay你平常時薪 twice的兩倍,often常出現 on a holiday在假日 or extra hours或加班時。This entry這一條 is only只講 the speed meaning速度這個意思;the pay meaning薪水那個意思 lives in another box住在另一個格子裡。
組成double (twice) + time (pace). Army marching: twice the usual speed.
同家族的字
- doubletwice / extra
- timehere, pace or speed
- double-quickthe same army-speed idea, ‘as fast as you can’
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
double-timeverb
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governmentmilitarypoliticsTo march at double time.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsTo order troops to march at double time.
- […]after ten or fifteen minutes of preparation, he stopped the artillery and instructed Corporal Lamb to double-time his platoon to the intermediate knoll under cover of fire from the machine guns.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。