老外最常用的英文短语 第92期:take time

 释义：

take time 需要多少时间

take 后面如果接时间名词的话就会变成“需要多少时间”的意思，由此衍生出的表达还有 it takes+时间+to ...(做某事需要多少时间），how long does it take to ... ?(做某事需要多少时间？）等等。当然，除了时间名词之外还可以接 courage¹ 等一般名词。

例句：

It takes around 1 hour for me to get there.

去那儿大概需要 1 个小时。

It took² me a long time to find you.

找你花了我不少功夫。

It looks like it'll take a lot of time.

看起来要费很长时间。

Hold on a moment. It won't take long.

稍等片刻，不会很久的。

Be patient³. It takes time to get what you want.

耐心点。你想得到自己想要的，肯定得花一些功夫。

It will take a lot of courage to do that.

需要很大的勇气才能做那件事。

How long does it take to get this done?

完成这个需要多久？

How long does it take to get to the airport?

去机场需要多久？

What took you so long?

你怎么那么慢？

对话：

A: It took David a long time to graduate⁴.

大卫花了好长时间才得以毕业。

B: Yeah, he was⁵ in college⁶ for seven years.

他在大学待了7年。

A: I haven't cleaned my room this week.

我这个星期没有打扫我的房间。

B: Take time to do that on Sunday.

周日找个时间打扫打扫。

A: How long does it take to cook a turkey⁷?

烹饪一只火鸡需要多久？

B: That depends⁸ on how heavy the bird is.

那要看火鸡有多大了。

1 courage   

n.勇气，胆识，气概

参考例句：

• I wouldn't lose courage even if I should fail ten times.即使要失败十次，我也绝不灰心。
• He has the courage to speak out what he thinks right.他敢于说出他认为正确的东西。

2 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

3 patient   

n.病人；adj.有耐心的，能容忍的

参考例句：

• The doctor told the patient that he was in good way.大夫对病人说，他的病情已在好转。
• We must be patient with children.我们对孩子要耐心。

4 graduate   

v.毕业；(在表、计、尺上)刻[分]度，定等级，分级；n.毕业生

参考例句：

• We shall graduate in the middle of next year.到明年的年中，我们就该毕业了。
• He was a college graduate.他是个大学毕业生。

5 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

6 college   

n.学院；高等专科学校

参考例句：

• The college drama society is going to put on a play.大学戏剧协会正准备上演一个剧目。
• I was hot on playing basketball when I was in college.我上大学时热衷于打篮球。

7 turkey   

n.土耳其，火鸡

参考例句：

• It is equal in size to a turkey.它的大小和火鸡一样。
• After ten years,I was going on a trip to Turkey.阔别10年了，我又要踏上去土耳其的旅途。

8 depends   

v.依靠( depend的第三人称单数 )；依赖；信赖；决定于

参考例句：

• The success or failure of the plan depends on you. 这项计划的成败取决于你。
• Our future prosperity depends on economic growth. 我们未来的繁荣昌盛依赖经济的发展。