fortnight

英[ˈfɔːtnaɪt]美[ˈfɔːrtnaɪt]

n.两星期，十四天；

复数：fortnights;

例句

They were condemned to spend a fortnight of idleness at that lonely island.他们被迫在那个孤岛上待了两个星期。

He remained there for a fortnight, preaching, administering the sacrament, teaching, exhorting.他在那里住了两星期, 传道, 行圣礼, 教育人, 感化人.

Strife was internecine during the next fortnight.在以后两个星期的冲突中我们两败俱伤.

This work will tie me up for fortnight.这项工作将使我忙上两个星期.

I really feel in the pink after a fortnight's holiday.度了两星期假后,我的确感到身体非常舒适.

You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?你需要休息, 为什么不休假两周 呢 ?

Got a job bottle-washing at the brewery. I lasted a fortnight. I couldn't stick it...我找了份在啤酒厂洗瓶子的工作。干了两星期，就再也受不了了。

He will visit once a fortnight to see how his new staff are progressing...他会每两个星期来访一次，看看他的新员工进展如何。

My daughter comes to visit me once every fortnight.我女儿每两周来看我一次。

It's the first so-called mercy flight for a fortnight as the Americans have been waiting for enough people to fill a 747 jet.美国人一直在等人坐满一架747飞机，这便是第一次为期两周的所谓慈善飞行。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

两周;十四天

A fortnight is a period of two weeks.

例句

英汉词典释义

n.

两星期, 十四天

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a period of fourteen consecutive days;