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（比较长的一段时间） time; times; days:
当时 at that time; in those days
古时 ancient times
生不逢时 be born in the wrong time
盛极一时 be in fashion for a time; be all the rage at the moment
（规定的时候） fixed time:
按时上班 get to work on time
准时到站 arrive at the station on time
校车6点开车，过时不候。 The school bus leaves at six sharp and won't wait.
（计时单位） hour:
报时 announce the hour; give the time signal
从10时到12时 from 10 to 12
上午九时 at 9 o'clock in the morning; at 9 a.m.
钟已报时。 The clock struck the hour.
（季节） season:
不违农时 not miss the farming season; do farm work in the right season
时菜 delicacies of the season
四时 the four seasons
应时瓜果 fruits of the season
（时机） opportunity; chance:
待时而动 bide one's time
千载一时 (of an opportunity) only once in a thousand years
失时 lose the opportunity; miss the chance
（当前; 现在） current; present:
时下 at present
{语} （时态） tense:
现在(过去，将来)时 the present (past, future) tense
（时辰） a period of two hours:
子时 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
丑时 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.
（姓氏） a surname:
时苗 Shi Miao
副
（时常;经常） now and then; occasionally; from time to time:
时有出现 occur now and then
时有信来 letters sent here frequently
学而时习之 learn and constantly review what one has learned
连
（叠用，表示不同的现象或事情交替发生） now ... now ...; sometimes ... sometimes ...:
时断时续 on and off
时快时慢 sometimes fast, sometimes slow
时起时伏 now rise, now fall; have ups and downs
心情时喜时忧 have changing moods, now gay, now gloomy
天气时热时冷。 The weather is now hot, now cold.; It is sometimes hot and sometimes cold.