1TMCa period of seven days and nights, usually measured in Britain from Monday to Sunday and in the US from Sunday to Saturday 星期,周〔七天为一周,英国从星期一至星期日算作一周;美国从星期日至星期六算作一周〕
once/twice/three times etc a week
Letters were delivered twice a week only.
信件一星期只递送两次。
I can’t see you this week.
我这星期不能见你。
last/next week (=the week before or after this one) 上星期/下星期
See you next week.
下星期见。
2TMCany period of seven days and nights 七天的时间,一周
for a week/two weeks etc 一周/两周等之后
I’ve been living here for six weeks.
我已经在这里住了六个星期了。
in a week/two weeks etc (=one, two etc weeks from now) 一周/两周等之后
If he hasn’t phoned in a week, I’ll phone him.
如果他一个星期不打电话来,我就打电话给他。
It will cost you an estimated £10 per week to feed one dog.
一条狗每星期喂食估计要花费十英镑。
The training program lasts three weeks.
培训计划为期三周。
3BEthe part of the week when you go to work, usually from Monday to Friday 工作周〔通常由星期一至星期五〕SYN working week
a 35-hour week
35小时的工作周
during the week
I don’t see her during the week.
除了周末,平时我和她不见面。
4Monday week/Tuesday week etcBritish EnglishBrETMC a week after the day that is mentioned 一周后的星期一/星期二等
We’re off to Spain Sunday week.
我们下周星期天去西班牙。
5a week on Monday etcBritish EnglishBrE, a week from Monday etc American English a week after the day that is mentioned 一周后的星期一等
The Reids are coming for dinner a week from Sunday.
里德一家一周后的星期天来吃饭。
Keith’s coming home two weeks on Saturday (=two weeks after next Saturday).
6week after week (also week in week out) continuously for many weeks 连续几个星期,一周又一周
We do the same things week in week out.
我们一个又一个星期做同样的事。
Examples from the Corpus
week after week• We keep practicing the samedancesteps week in, week out.• And this guyturns up, in Room 302, week after week after week.• But even though week after week the jokes were the same, we always laughed.• I understood how week after week he was all Clarisa needed.• Nicholas Church were occupied, week after week, by faithful Communists.• Not week after week, anyway.• The list will not be long because you tend to purchase the same foodproducts week after week. 9.
nCOLLOCATIONS
adjectives
this week
He’ll be in the office this week, so you should give him a call.
next week
The wedding is next week.
last week
Last week, my washing machine broke down.
the past week
Five soldiers were killed in the past week alone.
the previous week
She thought about what a colleague had said to her the previous week.
the following week
She booked another appointment for the following week.
a full/whole week (=every day in a week)
I can’t believe we’ve been here a whole week already.
phrases
a day of the week
Friday is our busiest day of the week.
nGRAMMAR: Patterns with week
last week/this week etc
Don’t use in with these words:
You say last week:
I saw her last week.
✗Don’t say: I saw her in last week.
You say this week:
I’m going to be busy at work this week.
✗Don’t say: I’m going to be busy at work in this week.
You say next week:
Shall we meet for lunch next week?
✗Don’t say: Shall we meet for lunch in next week?
You say that week:
He was sick that week.
✗Don’t say: He was sick in that week.
a week
You use a week when saying how many times in a week something happens:
We have four English lessons a week.
✗Don’t say: We have four English lessons in a week.
all week
You use all week when talking about something that happens during every part of a week:
during the week• In trade-weighted terms the dollar fell 0.4% during the week, the D-mark rose 0.5% and the yen lost 1.1%.• Witco plans to report its earningsduring the week of Jan. 28.• All of Philadelphia will be feeling floweryduring the week of March 2-9.• The children live at the Instituteduring the week, going home at the weekend where possible.• The following is a listing of securities called for partial or completeredemptionduring the week ended Jan. 05,1996.• And in Streatley during the week.• You will be living there on your own and, possibly, will be at work during the week.• Alternatively, you could list the ways you have helped coworkers and other employees below you during the week.