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。
adjective
[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。
常用词组 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。
any day
(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。
at the end of the day
见 end
by the day
gradually and steadily 逐渐平稳地 the campaign is growing by the day. 运动日益蓬勃。
call it a day
decide or agree to stop doing something 到此为止
day after day
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。
day and night
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。
day by day
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。
day in, day out
continuously or repeatedly over a long period of time 一天又一天
day of reckoning
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
don't give up the day job
(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 day one
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。
have had one's (或 its) day
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。
if he (或 she 等) is a day
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。
in this day and age
at the present time 现在
not someone's day
used to convey that someone has experienced a day of successive misfortunes 背运日
—of the day
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。
one day (或 some day, one of these days)
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。
one of those days
a day when several things go wrong 倒霉日
that will be the day
(informal)that is very unlikely (非正式)不可能
these days
at present 现在,目前 he was drinking far too much these days. 他最近喝得太多了。
those were the days
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
to the day
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。
to this day
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。
语源
Old English daeg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dag and German Tag