day
day
noun
all in a (或 the) day's work
noun
- one of the twenty-four-hour periods, reckoned from one midnight to the next, into which a week, month, or year is divided, and corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis
一天
■the part of this period when it is light
白昼
■the time between sunrise and sunset
白天，日间
the animals hunt by day.
这些动物日间猎食。
■the time spent working during such a period
工作日
he works an eight-hour day.
他一天工作八小时。
■(Astronomy)a single rotation of a planet in relation to its primary
(天文)自转周期；日，恒星日
■(Astronomy)the period on a planet when its primary star is above the horizon
(天文)（天体）白昼
■[mass noun](archaic)daylight
(古)日光
by the time they had all gone it was broad day.
到他们都走开的时候天已大亮。 - (一般作 days)a particular period of the past; an era
时期；时代
the laws were very strict in those days.
在那个时代法律是很严厉的。
■(the day)the present time
现在，目前
the political issues of the day.
目前的政治问题。
■[usu. with modifier](days)a particular period in a person's life or career
（人生）时期，时代，生涯
my student days.
我的学生时代。
■(one's day)the successful, fortunate, or influential period of a person's life or career
（人生或事业的）风光时期，鼎盛时期，如意时期
he had been a matinée idol in his day.
他曾是风光一时的日场演出偶像。
■(one's days)the remaining period of someone's life
余生
she cared for him for the rest of his days.
她照料他的余生。
- [attrib.]carried out during the day as opposed to the evening or at night
白昼的，日间的
my day job.
我日间的工作。
■(of a person) working during the day as opposed to at night
（人）日间工作的，白天工作的，上白班的
a day nurse.
日间护士。
all in a (或 the) day's work
- (of something unusual or difficult) accepted as part of someone's normal routine or as a matter of course
（特别或困难的事）日常的，家常便饭的
dodging sharks is all in a day's work for some scientists.
对一些科学家来说躲避存心诈骗者是家常便饭。
- (informal)at any time
(非正式)任何时候，随便哪一天
they could outfight the police any day.
他们随时都可以打败警方。
■(used to express one's strong preference for something) under any circumstances
［用于表达某人对某事物强烈的偏好］无论何时，在任何情况下
I'd rather have Ruth than you, any day.
什么时候我都宁愿要露丝不要你。
■very soon
很快
she's expected to give birth any day now.
她很快就要生产了。
- 见 end
- gradually and steadily
逐渐平稳地
the campaign is growing by the day.
运动日益蓬勃。
- decide or agree to stop doing something
到此为止
- on each successive day, especially over a long period
日复一日
the rain poured down day after day.
一天又一天大雨倾盆。
- all the time
日日夜夜，夜以继日
the district is patrolled day and night.
该地区有人日夜巡逻。
- on each successive day; gradually and steadily
一天天地
day by day I grew worse.
一天天地我的情况越来越糟。
- continuously or repeatedly over a long period of time
一天又一天
- the time when past mistakes or misdeeds must be punished or paid for; a testing time when the degree of one's success or failure will be revealed
清算的日子，报应到来的时刻，最后审判日
- (informal)used as a humorous way of recommending someone not to pursue something at which they are unlikely to be successful
(非正式，幽默)做好眼下的工作（让某人不要追求不可能成功的事情）
- from the very beginning
从一开始
children need a firm hand from day one.
孩子们从一开始就该严格管教。
- be no longer popular, successful, or influential
不再风光，不再流行
power dressing has had its day.
包装成权势人物已经过时了。
- at least (appended to a statement about a person's age)
至少（加在关于某人年龄的话语之后）
he must be seventy if he's a day.
他肯定至少有70岁了。
- at the present time
现在
- used to convey that someone has experienced a day of successive misfortunes
背运日
- a thing currently considered to be particularly interesting or important
当日热（焦）点
the big news story of the day.
当日的热点新闻。
- at some time in the future
有一天
our wishes will come true one of these days.
我们的愿望有一天会实现。
- a day when several things go wrong
倒霉日
- (informal)that is very unlikely
(非正式)不可能
- at present
现在，目前
he was drinking far too much these days.
他最近喝得太多了。
- used to assert that a particular past time was better in comparison with the present
［用于表示与现在相比，过去的某个时期更好］那个好时候
- exactly
整整
it's four years to the day since he was killed.
自他被杀已有整整四年了。
- at the present time as in the past; still
至今依然，仍然
the tradition continues to this day.
此传统流传至今。
- Old English daeg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dag and German Tag
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