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nute
复数形式
minutes
1
分钟
each of the sixty parts that creates one hour and is made up of sixty seconds
- I like to take a short break every 30 minutes of studying.
我喜欢每学习30分钟就短暂休息一下。
- I need a minute to think about your question before I respond.
在回答之前，我需要一分钟来思考你的问题。
- I'll be ready in a minute, just give me a moment.
我分钟内就准备好，给我一点时间。
- The bus will arrive in a few minutes, so we need to be at the bus stop.
公交车将在几分钟内到达，所以我们需要在公交车站。
- The elevator arrived after a couple of minutes of waiting.
电梯在等待了几分钟后到达。
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片刻, 一会儿
an unspecified short period of time
- I'll be ready in a minute; just give me a moment to grab my things.
我一分钟内就准备好；给我一点时间拿我的东西。
- She paused for a minute to collect her thoughts before responding to the question.
她停了一分钟来整理思绪，然后回答问题。
- It only took a minute for the news to spread throughout the office.
消息在办公室里传开只花了一分钟。
- Just wait a minute; I need to finish this task before we leave.
就等一分钟；我们需要在离开前完成这个任务。
3
分钟, 瞬间
a specific moment in time
- At that minute, everything changed for her when she received the unexpected news.
在那一分钟，当她收到意外的消息时，一切都为她改变了。
- Right this minute, we are experiencing a major breakthrough in the project.
就在这一分钟，我们正在项目中经历一个重大突破。
- At that minute, he realized he had forgotten his keys.
在那分钟，他意识到自己忘了带钥匙。
- The minute the clock struck midnight, the celebration began.
当时钟敲响午夜的分钟，庆祝活动开始了。
- She knew, in that minute, that her life would never be the same.
她知道，在那一分钟，她的生活将永远不会一样。
4
a linear distance determined by the time it takes to travel
- The navigator recorded the distance in minutes.
- The explorer traveled a dozen minutes along the coast.
- The river's bend was just a few minutes away.
- They estimated the minutes between landmarks.
- The logbook noted each minute of the voyage.
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5
会议记录, 分钟
a written record summarizing the proceedings and decisions made
- She was responsible for taking the minute during the meeting.
她负责在会议期间记录会议记录。
- The minute detailed all the decisions made by the board.
会议记录详细列出了董事会做出的所有决定。
- He reviewed the minute to prepare for the next discussion.
他查看了会议记录，为下一次讨论做准备。
- The secretary read the previous meeting's minute aloud.
秘书大声朗读了上次会议的会议记录。
- The minute noted the agreement to increase the budget.
会议记录记录了增加预算的协议。
6
a unit of angular measurement equal to one-sixtieth of a degree
- Each minute on the protractor represents 1/60 of a degree.
- The telescope's alignment required precision to the nearest minute.
- Cartographers marked longitudes and latitudes in minutes.
- The surveyor recorded angles in degrees and minutes.
- The satellite's position was tracked to a few minutes of arc.