at a time

英语

介词短语

at a time

1. 每次

   He manages to abstain from smoking for weeks at a time, but then gives in and starts again.

   他每次会有几个星期不抽烟，但之后又会复吸。

2. 同时

   climb stairs two at a time

   两人同时上楼梯

   • 1897年 12月（标示为1898年）, Winston Churchill, 章号 IV, 出自 The Celebrity: An Episode, 纽约: The Macmillan Company；伦敦：Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC，页号s 58–59:

     The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. […] Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.

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同义词

• (每次)： in a row, at a stretch
• (同时)： at once, at one time, at the same time, simultaneously, together

反义词

• (同时)： individually, one at a time, piecemeal, separately, severally, singly

衍生词

• one at a time

回文构词

• Maietta, tamaite