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minute

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Related topics: Measurement, Maths
min·ute1 /ˈmɪnət/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC]  
1  time 时间TMHM a unit for measuring time. There are 60 minutes in one hour 分，分钟
 It takes me ten minutes to walk to work.
我步行上班要用十分钟。
 The train arrived at four minutes past eight.
火车于八点零四分到达。
 He returned a few minutes later.
几分钟后他回来了。
 I’ll meet you at the car in five minutes.
五分钟后我在车那儿和你见面。
a one/two/three etc minute something
 a ten-minute bus ride
十分钟的公共汽车车程
2  the last minute LATEthe last possible time, just before it is too late 最后一刻
at the last minute
 He cancelled his trip to England at the last minute.
他在最后一刻取消了去英国的行程。
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后一刻再写，心里肯定会很慌。
→ 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 每时每刻，越来越
 She was getting angrier by the minute.
她越来越生气。
 His voice was getting stronger every minute.
他的声音越来越高亢。
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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 特别喜欢/尽情享受/极其憎恨等（某事物）
 I went camping for a week and enjoyed every minute of it.
我去野营了一周，每一分钟都过得很开心。
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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 片刻后，转瞬间
 The ambulance was there within minutes.
不一会儿救护车就到了。
within minutes of doing something
 He had his car stolen within minutes of arriving at the office.
他到办公室没一会儿车就被偷了。
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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 一会儿，片刻 SYN moment
 Sam thought for a minute, then smiled at his brother.
萨姆想了一下，然后冲着他的兄弟笑了。
 Can I have a word? It will only take a minute.
我能说两句吗？只要一小会儿。
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a minute• Stay here a minute.
 SPOKEN PHRASES
14  the next minute IMMEDIATELYimmediately afterwards 马上，立刻，紧接着
 I put down the phone and the next minute it rang again.
我放下电话，它马上又响了起来。
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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 一会儿…一会儿又…〔表示情况突然变化〕
 One minute they’re madly in love and the next they’ve split up again.
他们一会儿爱得发狂，一会儿又分手了。
16  MEETING 会议minutes [plural]MEET an official written record of what is said and decided at a meeting 会议记录，议事录
 Will you take the minutes (=write them down)?
你能做一下会议记录吗？
minutes of
 Has everyone seen the minutes of last month’s meeting?
大家都看过上个月的会议记录了吗？
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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 数学 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〔角度计量单位，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 极小的
2  CAREFULpaying careful attention to the smallest details 非常仔细的，极详细的 SYN meticulous
—minutely adverbadv
 She studied the letter minutely.
她很仔细地琢磨那封信。
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 将…记入会议记录
 This discussion is off the record and should not be minuted.
这次讨论是非正式的，不应做记录。
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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