at a time

英語

介詞短語

at a time

1. 每次

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

   他每次會有幾個星期不抽煙，但之後又會復吸。

2. 同時

   climb stairs two at a time

   爬樓梯時一次踩兩階

   • 1897年12月 (標示為1898年)，温斯顿·丘吉尔，第IV章，收錄於 The Celebrity: An Episode，紐約：The Macmillan Company；倫敦：麥米倫出版公司，→OCLC，58–59頁：

     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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同義詞

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

反義詞

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

衍生詞

• one at a time

異序詞

• Maietta, tamaite