once or twice 英 [wʌns ɔ: twais]
美 [wʌns ɔr twaɪs]
once or twice 词典解释
形容词一两次， 偶尔
once or twice 情景对话
工作
A:
Did you get the job?
你得到那份工作了吗？
B:
Yes, I’ll be working in the development department.
是的，我将在发展部工作。
A:
Did you meet your boss?
你见过老板了吗？
B:
Just briefly. She seemed nice.
只是简单地见了一面。她看上去不错。
A:
Will you have to work overtime?
你需要加班吗？
B:
Sometimes. They said I should expect to work overtime once or twice a month.
有时需要，他们说我一个月可能会加一俩次班。
A:
Is it paid or unpaid?
有加班费吗？
B:
It’s unpaid, but I can then take an extra day off. So, if I work an extra 8 hours on a Thursday night, I can take Friday off.
没有。但是我可以调休一天，也就是说，如果我周四晚上多工作了八个小时，周五就可以休息一天。
A:
That’s alright. It might be tiring, but then you can at least have a three-day holiday.
那还好，可能会比较疲劳，但之后就可以享受至少三天的假期了。
B:
I think it’s great.
我觉得这样也挺好的。
A:
How about your daily office hours?
你白天的工作时间是怎样的？
B:
It’s just a 9-5 job, with a 30 minute lunch break.
朝九晚五，中午有30 分钟的午休时间。
A:
Did you meet your other colleagues?
你见过其他同事了吗？
B:
I met the people from my department. They all seemed nice.
见过我这个部门的了，他们看上去都很好。
A:
Do you have an office?
你有自己的办公室吗？
B:
Not yet. For now, I have to sit in a cubicle.
还没有，现在只能坐在格子间里。
A:
How do you feel about that?
感觉怎么样？
B:
I’m not ecstatic about it, but if nothing else, it will motivate me to work harder so I can get an office!
不是太满意，但是如果没有其它选择，这倒可以激励我努力工作，那样就能有自己的办公室了。
A:
You’re always looking on the bright side of things!
你总是看到事物好的一面。
家庭
A:
Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family?
西蒙，给我们讲讲你们家的事。你来自一个大家庭吗？
B:
No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families.
不，我们自己的直系家庭相当小，只有五口人，（包括）我的父母，弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都来自大家庭。
A:
How many people are in your extended family?
你的大家庭中有多少人呢？
B:
There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.
太多了，数不过来。我想有一百多人吧。
A:
Do you get to see your family often?
你常和家里人见过面吗？
B:
I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings.
我每个周末都和直系小家庭成员见面。我一年中能见到其他大家庭的成员一或俩次。我们经常在圣诞节，复活节和其他大的庆祝活动，如婚礼上见面。
A:
Have you ever been to a family reunion?
你参加过家庭聚会吗。
B:
Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course.
我倒是去过一次。但不是我自己家的聚会，是我的一个朋友家的聚会。他不想成为聚会上的唯一男孩，所以我去陪他。当然了，这也是很久以前的事了。
A:
Are many of your relative divorced?
你的亲属中有很多人离婚吗？
B:
Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. My grandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced!
让我想一下。我想只有我的一个叔叔离了婚。他一直是个叛逆者。我奶奶是个很虔诚的教徒，所以我的大多数亲属都不敢离婚！
A:
Do you have any relatives who are single mothers?
你的亲属中有单身母亲吗？
B:
I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family.
我只有一个亲属是单身母亲。她的父亲也离了婚。他们家是我们大家庭中的另类。
once or twice 词典例句
形容词
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I've been there once or twice.
我到过那里几次。
once or twice 网络解释
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一两次
...once more 再一次,又一次 | once or twice 一两次 | once upon a time 从前...
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几次;一两次
...once more再一次,又一次 | once or twice 几次;一两次 | once upon a time 从前...
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一两次; 有时, 偶尔
...once again 再一次 | once or twice 一两次; 有时, 偶尔 | once over lightly 从头到尾马马虎虎地...
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一两次 // think twice 重新考虑
...twice ad. 两次,两倍 | once or twice 一两次 // think twice 重新考虑 | never ad. 从不,决不,永不...
once or twice [wʌns ɔ: twais]
中文翻译
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[网络] 我误入歧途；只有一两次而已；一次或两次
相关单词辨析
这组词都有“立刻，马上”的意思，其区别是：
instantly: 指恰恰就在此刻，一秒钟也没耽误。
right away: 主要用于美国英语，语气稍弱于at once，强调动作迅速。
directly: 和immediately同义，指毫无迟疑。
soon: 常用词，指行动快，完成速度快。
at once: 口语中常用，语气强烈，指时间紧迫，一刻也不能耽误。
shortly: 和soon同义，指动作发生或完成的速度之快。
presently: 指不久、即将。
immediately: 指做完一件事后，立即就做另一件事，中间一般没有明显的时间间隔。