two
美 [tu]
英 [tu?] 
詞形變化
復數:twos 同義詞
英漢雙解
習慣用語
a day, moment, pound, etc. or two
一兩天(或一會兒、一兩鎊等)one or a few days, moments, pounds, etc.
| May I borrow it for a day or two? 這個我可以借用一兩天嗎? |
fall between two stools
兩頭落空;雞飛蛋打to fail to be or to get either of two choices, both of which would have been acceptable
in two
一分為二;成兩半in or into two pieces or halves
| He broke the bar of chocolate in two and gave me half. 他把巧克力掰成兩半,給了我一塊。 |
in twos and threes
三三兩兩;稀稀拉拉two or three at a time; in small numbers
| People arrived in twos and threes. 人們三三兩兩地到了。 |
it takes two to do sth
雙方都有責任;一個巴掌拍不響one person cannot be completely responsible for sth
| You can't put all the blame on him. It takes two to make a marriage. 你不能全責怪他,結婚是兩個人的事。 |
not have two beans, brain cells, etc. to rub together
不名一文(或沒有腦子等)to have no money; to be very stupid, etc.
put two and two together
根據所見所聞推斷to guess the truth from what you see, hear, etc.
| He's inclined to put two and two together and make five(= reaches the wrong conclusion from what he sees, hears, etc.) . 他愛捕風捉影,聽風就是雨。 |
that makes two of us
我也一樣;我也有同感I am in the same position or I agree with you
| ‘I'm tired!’ ‘That makes two of us!’ “我累了!”“我也是一樣!” |
two sides of the same coin
同一事物的兩個方面used to talk about two ways of looking at the same situation
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
Four years college or at least two years formal college degree in instrument , automation or other related field.
在儀表、自動化控制或相關專業,四年制本科或至少兩年正式專科畢業。
Yeah. You are quite right. I may have aches and pains all over the body, perhaps I can lose two or three pounds.
對,說得對,我可能會全身都痛,不過我也可能減肥兩、三磅呢。
I was delayed by one or two small matters, and then, when I was ready to go, winter arrived and traveling became impossible.
我被一兩件小事拖著,然后,當我準備好要走的時候,冬天來了,這令旅行變成了一件不可能的事。
If after a week or two, you don't notice any positive change, increase the intensity of your regimen slightly.
如果一兩周之后,你沒發現任何改變,稍微增加你的鍛煉強度。
I heard there were two springs in chinese calendar, also knew, there was no spring in the next year!
聽說今年在中國的日歷里面有兩個春天,也聽說,明年沒有春天!
Never before has the central bank made such a policy declaration for as long a period as two years.
美聯儲過去從未宣布過延續時間長達兩年的此類政策。
And there is nothing in the European data suggesting that the private sector will be ready to take up the slack in less than two years.
歐洲提供的數字里沒有任何東西顯示私營部門在不到兩年內可以拉緊這根已經松弛的繩子。
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
以笏打了一把兩刃的劍,長一肘,帶在右腿上衣服里面。
Folks are picking up the pieces after powerful storms ripped through the South. At least two people were killed.
猛烈的颶風襲擊了南部地區,至少造成兩人死亡,人們正在清理暴風帶來的遍地狼藉。
Group of Chinese harbour construction hangs out his shingle formally hold water already two years many.
中國港灣建設集團正式掛牌成立已經兩年多了。
The two-box problem, which I described last week, is one in which a knowledge of probabilities seems to be a hindrance rather than a help.
在“兩個盒子問題”(我上周對此進行了描述)中,概率方面的知識似乎成了妨礙而不是幫助。
A glittering club career which included seven Bundesliga titles and two German Cups was more than matched by his international achievements.
閃耀的俱樂部生涯囊括了7個德甲冠軍和2座德國杯,這足以配得上他在國家隊的成就。
A unique data layout might be used in two places, but you probably should not make a template for that either.
一種獨特的數據布局可能會在兩個位置用到,但可能也不必為此制作模板。
The choice of the two export categories -- chicken and auto products -- could also be a sign that China's response is likely to be measured.
選擇肉雞和汽車產品這兩個出口類別也顯示,中國的反應預計會是有節制的。
Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven't seen since the height of the Space Race.
兩年前,我曾說我們需要達到一個自太空競賽以來所未見的研究開發的高度。
Garden-store retailers have reported increased sales over the past two years, he said, and many community gardens have waiting lists.
他說,花園—商店零售商報告,過去的兩年銷售增加了,許多的社區菜園還在等待批準。
Thus Barack Obama captured one of two powerful global trends forcing pharmaceutical giants to look for a new business model.
目前全球有兩種趨勢迫使制藥巨頭們尋求某種新的業務發展模式,奧巴馬的這一有關民生的問題就涉及了其中之一。
For this reason, the samara has no stationary frame of reference, unlike a two-winged helicopter, and appears to fall in a complex way.
因此,翅果沒有穩定的參考結構,不像雙翼直升機,并且它在降落中呈現出復雜的方式。
The landlord brought two men up the stairs. The men had axes in their hands. They swung their axes against the door of number 13.
突然那兩個人慘叫一聲扔掉了手里的斧子,因為他們劈到了一堵墻,標著13號的那扇門不見了。
I've worked for him for two years and though I admire his talent I find his mood swings increasingly stressful.
我已經為他工作了2年。盡管我欽佩他的才干,但我發現他越來越反復無常。
The other two want to keep the gold for themselves, and so they hit him on the head and left him in the other room.
另外兩個想獨占金子,就打傷了他的頭,把他扔在另一個房間里。
Isabel learned from her friend that the two had led a life of great personal intimacy.
伊莎貝爾從她的朋友那里得悉,他們兩人非常投機。
There was talk of closing down two mines. It was at this point that Gerald arrived on the scene.
人們私下議論說兩礦井行將關閉。杰羅爾德就是在這當口上任的。
What I failed to appreciate was the distance between the two cities.
我沒有意識到這兩座城市間的距離。
I have been watching you closely during the last month or two and I'm very pleased with your work.
在前一,二個月里,我一直在仔細地觀察你,我對你的工作很滿意。
Two-and three-dimensional hydrodynamic computer codes have been applied to the study of the early phases of the collapse of a gas cloud.
二維和三維流體力學計算機程序,已用于研究氣體云的早期坍縮。
He went two or three times to see Mrs. Montgomery, but Mrs. Montgomery had nothing to impart.
他曾經去蒙哥馬利太太家拜訪過二、三次,但她也沒有什么可以奉告。
Jon turned-curled into a sort of ball, as a hedgehog-into the corner made by the two walls.
喬恩轉身又縮進那個由兩面墻形成的角落里,身子象只刺猬,縮成一個圓球。
She acted well, but two or three of the old men were equally satisfied that it was merely acting.
雖然她裝得十分象,但另外也有兩三個年長的人發現她是做作的。
The bear was trying out on two feet, a dance which he had not learned very well.
那只熊在學著雙腳跳舞,不過他學得還不怎么好。
But when he looked for his cup, he found that it had fallen between two rocks, where he could not reach it.
但是當他尋找杯子時,他發現杯子掉到兩塊巖石當中了,他夠不著。
They ate their dinner quietly, for to all it was an effort to speak, and after one or two attempts they had subsided into silence.
他們靜靜地吃著,因為每個人都覺得不易開口,勉強說了一兩句,大家便不作聲了。
He made one or two trifling remarks on the subject of his projected visit to the archbishop.
他就自己計劃去拜望大主教這一問題說了一兩句無關緊要的話。
Amidst these friends then, and a host more, Pen passed more than two brilliant and happy years of his life.
在這些朋友,以及其他許多同學中間,潘度過了兩年多豐富多采的愉快生活。
For herself she was again brittle and pretentious, but the two men appeared to be enjoying the unexpected.
她又恢復了那副纖弱做作的神態,可那兩個人似乎對這意想不到的事很是欣賞。
Two or three of us could stroll together to the water's edge, but nothing like a target, we were told, must be presented.
他們告訴我們,我們可以三三兩兩地走到河邊,但不能成群結隊,以免露出目標。
The new boy took two broad coppers out of his pocket and held them out with derision.
新來的孩子從口袋里掏出兩個大銅板,顯出譏諷的神氣伸出手來。
I'll lash the two oars together across the stern and that will slow him in the night.
我要把兩個槳放在船梢交叉著綁在一起,這樣在夜里就會叫它走得慢些。
The acquisition of two to the number of inhabitants in London was something.
能在倫敦居民的數字上加上兩個,是了不起的事情。
The essence of the speeches he gave was not essentially different from those of the other two presidents who have visited China.
他的講話其基本精神與另外兩位曾經訪華的總統的講話并沒有本質的區別。
He talked to the masters quite easily as though he had parted from them a week or two before.
他沖著教師們侃侃而談,仿佛就在一兩個星期前剛和他們分別似的。
Dr. Gidley is always on the up and up, with his young wife, his two little boys at the right school and his practice desirably situated.
吉德利大夫有位年青的妻子,兩個孩子上了正規的學堂,自己的開業地點又十分理想,因此小日子過得一步一層樓。
He took the back seat of the carriage, after a feeble bow or two, and speech of thanks, polite to the last, and resolute in doing his duty.
他有氣無力地鞠了一兩個躬,說了許多感謝的話,表現了始終如一的禮數和盡責到底的決心,這才坐上馬車的后座。
They were reinventing the powder which had been invented by Chinese people two hundred years ago.
他們正在重復發明二百年前中國人已經發明的火藥。
He took it out at the earliest opportunity, and the first two hedges and a ditch the horse cleared easily.
他一有機會便把它騎了出去,這馬輕輕易易地越過最先的兩道籬笆和一道壕溝。
The first of these two was the tallest of all the children, a dark and thin girl.
其中第一個孩子是個子最高,膚深腰纖的女孩。
The two answers of course, are identical, but how much more simply the energy principle leads to the final result!
當然,兩處的答案是相同的,但利用能量原理求得的最后結果簡單得多。
Corporation farming accented the tendency toward integrated control and operation of two or more segments of the industry.
組合的農業企業都趨向于由兩個或幾個環節組成統一管理和作業。
The weather was rainy, and for two days there was no question of tennis.
天氣多雨,有兩天無法打網球。
These two enormous men wearing nothing but their shorts, standing there trying to beat each other to death.
兩個魁梧兇悍的男人身上除了褲衩外什么也沒穿,他們面對面對打,都想把對方打死。
For at least two decades the US has been unable to provide monetary stability, financial regulation and fiscal rectitude.
20多年來,美國一直無法提供貨幣穩定、金融監管和財政廉潔。
Yi appears to have two seasons to live up to his potential before the Nets shift approaches from rebuilding to contending.
河蟹*似乎有兩個賽季,活到他的潛力,前網轉移的辦法,由重建爭論。
Chapter four makes a case study of the two translated versions of The Wind in the Willows through the application of reception theory.
論文的第四章運用接受美學理論分析《楊柳風》兩個中譯本的區別和造成區別的主要因素。
Sure, the Kindle's potential market may have shrunk today, since the two-books-a-year folks will now choose the more versatile iPad.
當然,如果一年才看兩本書的家伙們選擇這款多面手iPad的話,Kindle的潛在市場在今天看來已見收縮。
Like many local governments, Anhui has borrowed a great deal over the past two years through investment companies that it controls.
與許多地方政府一樣,過去兩年,安徽通過自己控制的投資公司借入了大量資金。
When she was 15, she had an arranged marriage with Mr. Arif but didn't move in with him for another two years because she was so young.
在她15歲那年,她被安排嫁給阿瑞夫,但由于當時她還太年輕,直到兩年后才搬去和他同住。
She was very excited, and said: "That'll be terrific! Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed! "
她聽了大為興奮,說:“那太好了!一個爐子可以省一半的煤,那么如果我買兩個爐子的話,不就可以把煤全都省下來了嗎?”
He thought: In the clockwork of the head, two cogwheels turn opposite each other. On the one, images; on the other, the body's reactions.
他以為:在人腦機件里,有兩個朝相反方向轉動的齒輪。一個載著想象,另一個載著肉體的反應。
Born in Gorky (now Nizhni Novgorod), Russia's third largest city, she lived with her mother and two half-sisters in unpleasant conditions.
她生于俄羅斯第三大城市諾夫哥羅德,與母親和兩個同母異父的妹妹生活在并不令人愉快的環境里。
Over the top he managed to draw together two or three bushes, and the improvised wigwam was complete.
在頂上,他把兩三個灌木叢扔在一起,就這樣一個簡易棚屋完成了。
And she received two anonymous notes from neighbors saying they did not want to see her underwear flapping about.
而她也接到了相鄰方的兩條匿名字條,稱他們不想看到她的內褲飄來蕩去。
After nearly two years of an escalating debt crisis, ECB officials still appear to be trying to find their footing.
債務危機不斷加劇近兩年后,歐洲央行官員似乎仍在努力尋找自己的立足點。
She did everything to get the two of them together, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.
她極力撮合他兩個,但我覺得那根本不可能。
If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in catastrophe, then someone will do it.
如果做某事有兩種或多種方法,而其中一種將會導致巨大災難,那么一定會有人照這種方法做。
(Computer programmer) I've been a computer programmer for two years. I'm very acquainted with the field.
(電腦程式設計師)我做過兩年的電腦程式設計師。我很熟悉這份工作。
Controls present a set of two or more mutually exclusive choices to the user.
控件為用戶提供由兩個或多個互斥選項組成的選項集。
One thing that impresses me about my wife is her commitment to walk two to four times a week for at least an hour.
妻子有一件事讓我印象深刻。無論風和日麗,還是雨雪天氣,她每周都會健行二到四次,每次至少一小時。
The combination of two or more consignments to create a more economical freight solution .
將兩件或更多貨物合并在一起發運以實現更經濟的運輸方案。
Poland likewise was one of two countries in eastern Europe willing to have missiles planted on its soil, pointing over Russian territory.
同樣,波蘭是愿意將(美國)導彈設置在其領土,并指向俄羅斯的兩個東歐國家之一。
Chuck: Hey, I was thinking maybe this weekend, we could head up to that place in the mountains, just the two of us.
嘿,我在想這個周末,我們可以去爬山,就我們兩個。
I shall be happy to give you an opinion upon the subject in the course of a day or two.
我將愉快地在一兩天內把我關于這件事的意見告訴你。
She was running away from her life in London, taking the two children and their nurse with her.
她帶著兩個孩子和一個保姆出走,告別了她在倫敦的生涯。
We just sat there for a moment or two, he with a cigarette and I with a cigar, and blew smoke at each other.
我們在那里坐了一會兒,他含著一支香煙,我含著一支雪茄,兩人面對面噴云吐霧。
"You might feel stronger, in an hour or two, " I said.
“過一兩個鐘頭,您就會覺得硬朗些,”我說。
One of the weaknesses of our military supply relationship with Isreal was that it came up for renewal every year or two.
我們同以色列的武器關系中的一個弱點是每隔一兩年就要延期一次。
The exhaust fan is a piece of equipment that needs to be checked two or three times a year.
排風扇是整個設備的一部分,每年需要檢查2至3次。
I'm not sure how much the two things go together.
我不知道這兩者有多少聯系。
Two points help to explain why there was no essential change in the Latin American policies of the United States in 1913.
兩種情形有助于解釋為什么1913年美國的拉丁美洲政策沒有本質變化。
I can spare two hundred a year for a grand purpose like this.
為了這樣一個偉大的目標,我可以一年捐助兩百鎊。
He hastily scrawled a line or two on a dirty piece of paper, and said to her, as she drew back when he offered it.
他在一張骯臟紙片上匆匆畫了一兩行字,將字條遞給她,她直向后縮。