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IELTS BNC: 214 COCA: 236

month

Word family 
Related topics: Chronology, Astronomy
month /mʌnθ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countableC]
1  TMCone of the 12 named periods of time that a year is divided into 月，月份
this/last/next month
Phil is coming home for a visit next month.
菲爾下個月要回家來看看。
She’ll be thirteen this month.
到這個月她就13歲了。
I hope I’ll have finished the work by the end of the month.
我希望我這個月底能完成工作。
She earns about £350 a month (=each month).
她每月約掙350英鎊。
We update the schedule at least once a month.
我們至少每月更新一次日程表。
the month of May/June etc
It snowed heavily during the month of January.
一月份下了很大的雪。
2  PERIOD OF TIMEa period of about four weeks 一個月（的時間）
She has an eight-month-old daughter.
她有一個八個月大的女兒。
He’ll be away for two months.
他要出去兩個月。
The symptoms she suffered varied from month to month (=every few weeks she had different medical problems).
她的症狀每個月都不同。
a month-long transport strike
歷時一個月的交通運輸系統罷工
3  months LONG TIMEa long time, especially several months 長時間〔尤指數月〕
Redecorating the kitchen took months.
重新裝修廚房花了好幾個月。
for/in months
I haven’t seen him for months.
我好長時間沒見到他了。
Examples from the Corpus
months• Redecorating the kitchen took months.
4  month after month NEVERused to emphasize that something happens regularly or continuously for a period of time 一月又一月，每月
I felt I was doing the same old thing week after week, month after month.
我覺得自己周複一周、月複一月地幹着同樣的事。
Examples from the Corpus
month after month• I'm just doing the same old thing month after month.• And then following in her footsteps, month after month, as if he stood a chance.• But month after month Clarisa and I went on sleeping with our son between us.• Day after day, month after month, I followed death.• How must it be to work here day after day, month after month, knowing there was no end to it?• I learned on the job, at sea, working seven days a week, month after month.• Our salaries were not paid, month after month.• The Azusa Street revival itself continued day after day, month after month for three years.• These limits were then overshot by month after month of interest rates above 14%.
5  month by month SLOWused when you are talking about a situation that develops slowly and steadily over a period of time 逐月
Unemployment figures are rising month by month.
失業人數每個月都在增加。
Examples from the Corpus
month by month• Unemployment figures are rising month by month.• Because you produced it on loose pages I could exhibit it month by month as you organised it.• Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month.• The hon. Gentleman has no evidence for asserting that standards have dropped month by month.• The market is changing not year by year, but month by month.
6  never/not in a month of Sundays spoken especially British EnglishBrE used to emphasize that something will definitely never happen 永遠也不會
You won’t find anyone to do that job in a month of Sundays.
你是不可能找到人來幹那個活兒的。
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
last month
The new restaurant opened last month.
the past month
They had come to know and like each other in the past month.
the previous/preceding month (=the month before)
Sales were lower than in the previous month.
next month
The movie will be released next month.
the coming months (=the next few months)
Further work is planned for the coming months.
the following month (=the next month)
By the following month he had raised over £400.
the summer/autumn/winter/spring months
It’s very cold here during the winter months.
a calendar month (=one of the 12 months of the year)
We get paid on the last day of the calendar month.
phrases
in recent months
He had started to drink heavily in recent months.
the beginning/end/middle of the month
You’ll receive your wages at the end of the month.
the time of the month
This is the busiest time of the month.
the months of the year
We’re learning the months of the year in German.
verbs
a month passes/goes by
Seven months went by before he returned.
n GRAMMAR: Patterns with month
last month/this month etc
Don’t use in with these words:
You say last month:
Sales fell sharply last month.
✗Don’t say: Sales fell sharply in last month.
You say this month:
We’ve been very busy this month.
✗Don’t say: We’ve been very busy in this month.
You say next month:
It’s my birthday next month.
✗Don’t say: It’s my birthday in next month.
You say that month:
That month I started a new job.
✗Don’t say: In that month I started a new job.
a month
You use a month when saying how many times in a month something happens:
We eat in restaurants several times a month.
✗Don’t say: We eat in restaurants several times in a month.
in the month of
You use in the month of when saying the month when something happens:
The trees usually flower in the month of May.
all month
You use all month when talking about something that happens during every part of a month:
It’s been raining all month.
✗Don’t say: It’s been raining all the month.
Examples from the Corpus
month• My daughter's now 10 months old and I still haven't started my periods again.• A month earlier it reported losing $ 250 million in 1995 and said it was cutting 100 jobs.• The actor can play a different person each month and still be considered a good actor.• Last month, the appeal court had heard fresh evidence from two witnesses not called to give evidence at Smith's trial.• In this industry, none has been brought in the past six months.• It snowed heavily during the month of January.• At that time he had been a practising Catholic for two or three months.• I told you all about it on July 12, two months ago.
this/last/next month• Steel Co., which was drowning in debt and eventually declared bankruptcy last month.• Earlier this month, Ladd said it agreed to sell its Fournier Furniture Inc. unit for $ 13. 2 million.• And boss Brian Bailey warns that credit applications continued to fall last month too.• The company said it expects between one-half to two-thirds of eligible workers to accept the offer, which expires later this month.• The plan will be dealt with at an Edinburgh licensing board meeting later this month.• He was found guilty of six offences last month, including selling information to a bookmaker.• Its range of two high-speed tractors officially goes on sale this month.• Northwestern University economist Bruce Meyer discovered that the likelihood of getting a job actually triples during the last month of unemployment benefits.
from month to month• Tropical forests are complex but in temperature at least, are constant from month to month.• Teeth are believed to be a more accurate indicator of exposure to lead than blood, which fluctuates from month to month.• The symptoms she endured varied from month to month, worsening or improving according to the circumstances of her life at the time.
Origin month
Old English monath

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