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minute

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Related topics: Measurement, Maths
min·ute1 /ˈmɪnət/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC]
1  time 時間TMHM a unit for measuring time. There are 60 minutes in one hour 分，分鐘
It takes me ten minutes to walk to work.
我步行上班要用十分鐘。
The train arrived at four minutes past eight.
火車於八點零四分到達。
He returned a few minutes later.
幾分鐘後他回來了。
I’ll meet you at the car in five minutes.
五分鐘後我在車那兒和你見面。
a one/two/three etc minute something
a ten-minute bus ride
十分鐘的公共汽車車程
2  the last minute LATEthe last possible time, just before it is too late 最後一刻
at the last minute
He cancelled his trip to England at the last minute.
他在最後一刻取消了去英國的行程。
until the last minute
If you leave your essay until the last minute, you’ll almost certainly panic.
如果你把文章一直拖到最後一刻再寫，心裏肯定會很慌。
→ last-minute
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until the last minute• Negotiations continued, until the last minute, but the Town team were adamant and the organisers ruled that Jodi was ineligible.• She stood by the window waiting for Elvira until the last minute.• Aurangzeb's musketeers held their fire until the last minute, then discharged their entire artillery.• And if you leave it until the last minute, so what?• He led her on right until the last minute.• In all cases, you would be wise to avoid waiting until the last minute.• By waiting until the last minute, donors can sometimes escape attention in the hectic time before an election.• I could see myself just planning on going away for a weekend sometime and not planning on where until the last minute.
3  by the minute  (also every minute, minute by minute)INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETC used to say that something continues quickly becoming greater, stronger etc 每時每刻，越來越
She was getting angrier by the minute.
她越來越生氣。
His voice was getting stronger every minute.
他的聲音越來越高亢。
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by the minute• Medical technology changes almost by the minute.• I became angrier by the minute, but I could not convey to them why I was so upset.• By late Friday evening, the campsite was already half full with more campers arriving by the minute.• More were arriving by the minute, but were not coming up the track.• It was getting darker by the minute.• Extra police had been brought in, but the Bridgeport mob grew by the minute.• I could feel my attitude souring by the minute.• Its innovation and principal selling point was that it bills by the second rather than by the minute.• Now it's getting more violent by the minute.
4  love/enjoy/hate etc every minute (of something) informalALL/EVERYTHING if you love, enjoy etc every minute of an activity or experience, you love, enjoy etc all of it 特别喜歡/盡情享受/極其憎恨等（某事物）
I went camping for a week and enjoyed every minute of it.
我去野營了一周，每一分鐘都過得很開心。
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love/enjoy/hate etc every minute (of something)• I know we all enjoyed every minute of the three hectic months.• But we were careless and happy and full of fun, and enjoyed every minute of the day.• I got a goal and enjoyed every minute of it.• And I give it all I got and enjoy every minute of it.• He went down early each morning and jumped up and down in the briny, enjoying every minute of it.• The first mile was pure pain and I hated every minute of it.• And he thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.• And even when the tires went flat or the road grew rough, we loved every minute of the journey.
5  within minutes SOONvery soon after something has happened 片刻後，轉瞬間
The ambulance was there within minutes.
不一會兒救護車就到了。
within minutes of doing something
He had his car stolen within minutes of arriving at the office.
他到辦公室沒一會兒車就被偷了。
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within minutes of doing something• Amex's local office within minutes of being sent.• Back and forth I traveled, sometimes within minutes of each other.• He was arrested within minutes of making the calls.• His plane landed within minutes of a plane carrying Castro.• Lawrence looked ahead to a new challenge within minutes of celebrating a dramatic ten-man two-goal comeback at Wolves.• Mitchell had met both Isaac and Sister Vera within minutes of his arrival on the island eight months previously.• Nor is the waiting made any easier when, at 11.00 p.m. two carp roll over my swim within minutes of each other.• Two other Protestant men were shot within minutes of the attack.
6  a minute TMCSHORT TIMEa very short period of time 一會兒，片刻 SYN moment
Sam thought for a minute, then smiled at his brother.
薩姆想了一下，然後沖着他的兄弟笑了。
Can I have a word? It will only take a minute.
我能說兩句嗎？只要一小會兒。
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a minute• Stay here a minute.
 SPOKEN PHRASES
14  the next minute IMMEDIATELYimmediately afterwards 馬上，立刻，緊接着
I put down the phone and the next minute it rang again.
我放下電話，它馬上又響了起來。
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the next minute• But the next minute there were shrieks.• For the next minute Diana and the old soldier stood laughing delightedly together.• One minute he could be smiling and joking, the next minute he could be exploding.• One moment he was against lawsuits, the next minute his team filed one.• Then the next minute he's swearing.
15  one minute ... the next (minute) ... used to say that a situation suddenly changes 一會兒…一會兒又…〔表示情況突然變化〕
One minute they’re madly in love and the next they’ve split up again.
他們一會兒愛得發狂，一會兒又分手了。
16  MEETING 會議minutes [plural]MEET an official written record of what is said and decided at a meeting 會議記錄，議事錄
Will you take the minutes (=write them down)?
你能做一下會議記錄嗎？
minutes of
Has everyone seen the minutes of last month’s meeting?
大家都看過上個月的會議記錄了嗎？
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minute of• This exasperating weekday practice prevents us seeing at least 10 minutes of each of the first two sessions of paly.• Some 11 minutes of the latest Disney feature, Oliver and Company, use computer-generated elements.• After about 20 minutes of arguing, both of them seemed on the verge of outright hysteria.• After only 26 minutes of the first set the covers came on.• That adds up to 30 minutes of supercharged Hollywood spectacle.• Hearty laughter is also good exercise: one hundred hearty laughs is equal to ten minutes of rowing.• United were within thirty minutes of possible relegation ... then Joey Beachamp made up for all his earlier misses.• The fellas arrived within two minutes of the last man.
17. HMmathematics 數學 technical one of the 60 parts into which a degree of an angle is divided. It can be shown as a symbol after a number. For example, 78° 52' means 78 degrees 52 minutes. 分〔角度計量單位，即六十分之一度〕 → up-to-the-minute
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minute• The power went out for about 15 minutes.• It takes them a minute to realize they are not going to be screamed at.• Five minutes later she came up to my room.• In fact it is not quite half-an-hour - the journey usually takes twenty-four minutes, but Vic wishes it were longer.• Give me a couple of minutes, will you?• Set the wok over high heat for one minute.• I sat down at my drawing table for just one minute.• In some cases, 10 per minute may be higher than the going daytime rate offered by competitors.• Seven minutes into the game at Barnsley.• It takes Paula about three minutes to swim a lap.
a one/two/three etc minute something• Some of the rooms are about a two minute walk away in the Loutrouvia annexe.• The Rose is situated in a quiet yet central position, about a three minute walk from the main street.• After a two minute exposure to acid, the perfusion was resumed for a further 90 minute period.• One of the bonuses of being Magazine Editor is that you get a three minute Pastoral visit once a month.• Various airline industry estimates suggest that a one minute delay in scheduled aircraft departure costs between £130 and £750.• The bed and breakfast houses are within a three minute walk; the evening meal is served in the Strass.
mi·nute2 /maɪˈnjuːt $ -ˈnuːt/ ●○○ adjectiveadj
1  SMALLextremely small 極小的
You only need a minute amount.
你只需要很少的量。
Her handwriting is minute.
她的字非常小。
► see thesaurus at small
2  CAREFULpaying careful attention to the smallest details 非常仔細的，極詳細的 SYN meticulous
a minute examination of the rock
對那塊岩石的仔細檢查
He explained the plan in minute detail.
他非常詳細地解釋了那個計劃。
—minutely adverbadv
She studied the letter minutely.
她很仔細地琢磨那封信。
Examples from the Corpus
minute• Only minute amounts of the chemical were found in the water supply.• The equipment records minute changes in air pressure.• The substance is so toxic that even a minute dose of it could be fatal.• The print was so minute I nearly went blind reading it.• The problem was caused by minute particles of dust getting in the disk drive.• We used a microscope to look at the minute plant forms.• minute scutiny• Her writing's so minute that it's difficult to read.• Police found minute traces of blood on the car seats.
in minute detail• He remembers everything in minute detail.• Neither was I told to examine in minute detail, every blade of grass that my kit was to come in contact with.• Hence the numerous child abuse inquiries which have scrutinised, in minute detail, the actions of the professionals involved.• I carefully examined every photograph in minute detail through a magnifying glass so as not to miss a thing.
min·ute3 /ˈmɪnət/ verb [transitiveT]
especially British EnglishBrEWRITE to make an official note of something in the record of a meeting 將…記入會議記錄
This discussion is off the record and should not be minuted.
這次討論是非正式的，不應做記錄。
From Longman Business Dictionary
minutemin·ute1 /ˈmɪnət/ noun
1minutes [plural] an official written record of what is said and decided at a meeting
The minutes of the last AGM were read.
Will someone take the minutes? (=write down what is said)
2[countableC] a short official note that gives authority for something or that records a decision
a Treasury minute dated 2nd December
We attach a certified copy of a Board minute authorising the signature of this letter.
minuteminute2 verb [transitiveT]
to make a written record of something in the minutes of a meeting
The board’s decision was formally minuted.
You’d better minute that point.
Origin minute1
(1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin minuta, from pars minuta prima “first small part, one sixtieth of a unit”, from Latin minutus; → MINUTE2
 minute2
(1600-1700) Latin minutus, from minuere “to make smaller”
min·ute1 noun →SPOKEN PHRASES1mi·nute2 adjectiveadjmin·ute3 verb
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