zhòngyīngguànyòngduǎnyù:
  • v.   yòng liǎo liǎng nián shí jiān zhōu yóu shì jiè .   I've spent two years wandering the world
  • n.   yòng liǎo xiē shí jiān xué yóu guī , gài xiàn zài jīng zhǎng liǎo .   It took me a while to learn the rules of the game but I think I've got them taped now
  • v.   yòng liǎo tiān shí jiān cái cóng 'ér tàn chū shì shí zhēn xiāng .   It took me days to extract the truth from her
  • v.   bìng liǎo liù xīng , quán hòu hěn cháng shí jiān cái néng zhàn wěn .   After a six-week illness it took me some time to find my feet again
  • prep.   bìng liǎo hěn cháng shí jiān , zhí zhù .   She nursed me through my long illness
  • n.   de xiě tái zhōng jiān de chōu   the middle drawer of my desk
  • n.   de xīn gōng zuò yuè kāi shǐ . zhè jiān gān shí ?'   My new job starts in May.' `What are you doing in the interim?' `
  • n.   de shí jiān hěn jǐn .   I'm rather pressed for time, ie in rather a hurry
  • adj.   de shí jiān shǒu xiān yòng lái zhào de hái .   My children have a prior claim on my time
  • n.   de yuē huì shí jiān dìng zài shàng 9 diǎn , dào shí 9 diǎn zhěng .   My appointment was for 9 am and I arrived on the hour, ie at 9 am precisely
  • adj.   kàn , zhè jiān de chén wèi miǎn tài duō liǎo .   This room's rather dusty, I'm afraid
  • v.   kàn liǎo xià shǒu biǎo hǎo zhī dào zhǔn què de shí jiān .   I referred to my watch for the exact time
  • n.   jǐn jǐn jiā zài liǎng chéng zhōng jiān xià liǎo gōng gòng chē liǎo .   I was so tightly wedged between two other passengers, I couldn't get off the bus
  • adv.   gōng zuò . zhè jiān chū mǎi dōng .   I continued working. Meantime, he went out shopping
  •    yào duō yòng xiē shí jiān shì qíng hǎohǎo xiǎng xiǎng .   I'd like more time to think things over
  • v.   yào zǎo zǎo dòng shēn guò jiāo tōng yōng shí jiān .   I'll leave early so as to dodge the rush-hour