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/ˌpiː ˈem/
You put p.m. after a time to show that the time is between noon and midnight — that is, in the afternoon, the evening, or the night.
下午;晚上
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You can picture p.m. as a small label you stick on after a clock time. On a 12-hour clock every number comes round twice, so 3:00 is ambiguous by itself; p.m. points at the second one — the one after noon and before midnight.
可以想成一個貼在時間後面的小標籤。十二小時制的鐘面上,每個數字一天會走過兩次,所以單講 3:00 其實有兩個可能。p…更多收起
可以想成一個貼在時間後面的小標籤。十二小時制的鐘面上,每個數字一天會走過兩次,所以單講 3:00 其實有兩個可能。p.m. 的作用就是指出「我講的是過了中午的那一個」,範圍從正午一直延伸到半夜,涵蓋下午、傍晚和夜裡。它本身不表示任何時間長度,只是把重複的那一格標清楚。原始詞典資料5 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。
p.m.adv詞源 1/piːˈɛm/
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In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.
- HOURLY PRECIPITATION … 9 PM THROUGH 12 PM (MIDNIGHT) ZERO DAILY TOTAL
- We never say 12 a.m. or 12 p.m. It's either 12 midnight or 12 noon, respectively.
p.m.adv詞源 2/piːˈɛm/
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after death
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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。