two
美 [tu]
英 [tuː] 
词形变化
复数:twos 同义词
英汉双解
习惯用语
a day, moment, pound, etc. or two
一两天(或一会儿、一两镑等)one or a few days, moments, pounds, etc.
| May I borrow it for a day or two? 这个我可以借用一两天吗? |
fall between two stools
两头落空;鸡飞蛋打to fail to be or to get either of two choices, both of which would have been acceptable
in two
一分为二;成两半in or into two pieces or halves
| He broke the bar of chocolate in two and gave me half. 他把巧克力掰成两半,给了我一块。 |
in twos and threes
三三两两;稀稀拉拉two or three at a time; in small numbers
| People arrived in twos and threes. 人们三三两两地到了。 |
it takes two to do sth
双方都有责任;一个巴掌拍不响one person cannot be completely responsible for sth
| You can't put all the blame on him. It takes two to make a marriage. 你不能全责怪他,结婚是两个人的事。 |
not have two beans, brain cells, etc. to rub together
不名一文(或没有脑子等)to have no money; to be very stupid, etc.
put two and two together
根据所见所闻推断to guess the truth from what you see, hear, etc.
| He's inclined to put two and two together and make five(= reaches the wrong conclusion from what he sees, hears, etc.) . 他爱捕风捉影,听风就是雨。 |
that makes two of us
我也一样;我也有同感I am in the same position or I agree with you
| ‘I'm tired!’ ‘That makes two of us!’ “我累了!”“我也是一样!” |
two sides of the same coin
同一事物的两个方面used to talk about two ways of looking at the same situation
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例句
Four years college or at least two years formal college degree in instrument , automation or other related field.
在仪表、自动化控制或相关专业,四年制本科或至少两年正式专科毕业。
Yeah. You are quite right. I may have aches and pains all over the body, perhaps I can lose two or three pounds.
对,说得对,我可能会全身都痛,不过我也可能减肥两、三磅呢。
I was delayed by one or two small matters, and then, when I was ready to go, winter arrived and traveling became impossible.
我被一两件小事拖着,然后,当我准备好要走的时候,冬天来了,这令旅行变成了一件不可能的事。
If after a week or two, you don't notice any positive change, increase the intensity of your regimen slightly.
如果一两周之后,你没发现任何改变,稍微增加你的锻炼强度。
I heard there were two springs in chinese calendar, also knew, there was no spring in the next year!
听说今年在中国的日历里面有两个春天,也听说,明年没有春天!
Never before has the central bank made such a policy declaration for as long a period as two years.
美联储过去从未宣布过延续时间长达两年的此类政策。
And there is nothing in the European data suggesting that the private sector will be ready to take up the slack in less than two years.
欧洲提供的数字里没有任何东西显示私营部门在不到两年内可以拉紧这根已经松弛的绳子。
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
以笏打了一把两刃的剑,长一肘,带在右腿上衣服里面。
Folks are picking up the pieces after powerful storms ripped through the South. At least two people were killed.
猛烈的飓风袭击了南部地区,至少造成两人死亡,人们正在清理暴风带来的遍地狼藉。
Group of Chinese harbour construction hangs out his shingle formally hold water already two years many.
中国港湾建设集团正式挂牌成立已经两年多了。
The two-box problem, which I described last week, is one in which a knowledge of probabilities seems to be a hindrance rather than a help.
在“两个盒子问题”(我上周对此进行了描述)中,概率方面的知识似乎成了妨碍而不是帮助。
A glittering club career which included seven Bundesliga titles and two German Cups was more than matched by his international achievements.
闪耀的俱乐部生涯囊括了7个德甲冠军和2座德国杯,这足以配得上他在国家队的成就。
A unique data layout might be used in two places, but you probably should not make a template for that either.
一种独特的数据布局可能会在两个位置用到,但可能也不必为此制作模板。
The choice of the two export categories -- chicken and auto products -- could also be a sign that China's response is likely to be measured.
选择肉鸡和汽车产品这两个出口类别也显示,中国的反应预计会是有节制的。
Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven't seen since the height of the Space Race.
两年前,我曾说我们需要达到一个自太空竞赛以来所未见的研究开发的高度。
Garden-store retailers have reported increased sales over the past two years, he said, and many community gardens have waiting lists.
他说,花园—商店零售商报告,过去的两年销售增加了,许多的社区菜园还在等待批准。
Thus Barack Obama captured one of two powerful global trends forcing pharmaceutical giants to look for a new business model.
目前全球有两种趋势迫使制药巨头们寻求某种新的业务发展模式,奥巴马的这一有关民生的问题就涉及了其中之一。
For this reason, the samara has no stationary frame of reference, unlike a two-winged helicopter, and appears to fall in a complex way.
因此,翅果没有稳定的参考结构,不像双翼直升机,并且它在降落中呈现出复杂的方式。
The landlord brought two men up the stairs. The men had axes in their hands. They swung their axes against the door of number 13.
突然那两个人惨叫一声扔掉了手里的斧子,因为他们劈到了一堵墙,标着13号的那扇门不见了。
I've worked for him for two years and though I admire his talent I find his mood swings increasingly stressful.
我已经为他工作了2年。尽管我钦佩他的才干,但我发现他越来越反复无常。
The other two want to keep the gold for themselves, and so they hit him on the head and left him in the other room.
另外两个想独占金子,就打伤了他的头,把他扔在另一个房间里。
Isabel learned from her friend that the two had led a life of great personal intimacy.
伊莎贝尔从她的朋友那里得悉,他们两人非常投机。
There was talk of closing down two mines. It was at this point that Gerald arrived on the scene.
人们私下议论说两矿井行将关闭。杰罗尔德就是在这当口上任的。
What I failed to appreciate was the distance between the two cities.
我没有意识到这两座城市间的距离。
I have been watching you closely during the last month or two and I'm very pleased with your work.
在前一,二个月里,我一直在仔细地观察你,我对你的工作很满意。
Two-and three-dimensional hydrodynamic computer codes have been applied to the study of the early phases of the collapse of a gas cloud.
二维和三维流体力学计算机程序,已用于研究气体云的早期坍缩。
He went two or three times to see Mrs. Montgomery, but Mrs. Montgomery had nothing to impart.
他曾经去蒙哥马利太太家拜访过二、三次,但她也没有什么可以奉告。
Jon turned-curled into a sort of ball, as a hedgehog-into the corner made by the two walls.
乔恩转身又缩进那个由两面墙形成的角落里,身子象只刺猬,缩成一个圆球。
She acted well, but two or three of the old men were equally satisfied that it was merely acting.
虽然她装得十分象,但另外也有两三个年长的人发现她是做作的。
The bear was trying out on two feet, a dance which he had not learned very well.
那只熊在学着双脚跳舞,不过他学得还不怎么好。
But when he looked for his cup, he found that it had fallen between two rocks, where he could not reach it.
但是当他寻找杯子时,他发现杯子掉到两块岩石当中了,他够不着。
They ate their dinner quietly, for to all it was an effort to speak, and after one or two attempts they had subsided into silence.
他们静静地吃着,因为每个人都觉得不易开口,勉强说了一两句,大家便不作声了。
He made one or two trifling remarks on the subject of his projected visit to the archbishop.
他就自己计划去拜望大主教这一问题说了一两句无关紧要的话。
Amidst these friends then, and a host more, Pen passed more than two brilliant and happy years of his life.
在这些朋友,以及其他许多同学中间,潘度过了两年多丰富多采的愉快生活。
For herself she was again brittle and pretentious, but the two men appeared to be enjoying the unexpected.
她又恢复了那副纤弱做作的神态,可那两个人似乎对这意想不到的事很是欣赏。
Two or three of us could stroll together to the water's edge, but nothing like a target, we were told, must be presented.
他们告诉我们,我们可以三三两两地走到河边,但不能成群结队,以免露出目标。
The new boy took two broad coppers out of his pocket and held them out with derision.
新来的孩子从口袋里掏出两个大铜板,显出讥讽的神气伸出手来。
I'll lash the two oars together across the stern and that will slow him in the night.
我要把两个桨放在船梢交叉着绑在一起,这样在夜里就会叫它走得慢些。
The acquisition of two to the number of inhabitants in London was something.
能在伦敦居民的数字上加上两个,是了不起的事情。
The essence of the speeches he gave was not essentially different from those of the other two presidents who have visited China.
他的讲话其基本精神与另外两位曾经访华的总统的讲话并没有本质的区别。
He talked to the masters quite easily as though he had parted from them a week or two before.
他冲着教师们侃侃而谈,仿佛就在一两个星期前刚和他们分别似的。
Dr. Gidley is always on the up and up, with his young wife, his two little boys at the right school and his practice desirably situated.
吉德利大夫有位年青的妻子,两个孩子上了正规的学堂,自己的开业地点又十分理想,因此小日子过得一步一层楼。
He took the back seat of the carriage, after a feeble bow or two, and speech of thanks, polite to the last, and resolute in doing his duty.
他有气无力地鞠了一两个躬,说了许多感谢的话,表现了始终如一的礼数和尽责到底的决心,这才坐上马车的后座。
They were reinventing the powder which had been invented by Chinese people two hundred years ago.
他们正在重复发明二百年前中国人已经发明的火药。
He took it out at the earliest opportunity, and the first two hedges and a ditch the horse cleared easily.
他一有机会便把它骑了出去,这马轻轻易易地越过最先的两道篱笆和一道壕沟。
The first of these two was the tallest of all the children, a dark and thin girl.
其中第一个孩子是个子最高,肤深腰纤的女孩。
The two answers of course, are identical, but how much more simply the energy principle leads to the final result!
当然,两处的答案是相同的,但利用能量原理求得的最后结果简单得多。
Corporation farming accented the tendency toward integrated control and operation of two or more segments of the industry.
组合的农业企业都趋向于由两个或几个环节组成统一管理和作业。
The weather was rainy, and for two days there was no question of tennis.
天气多雨,有两天无法打网球。
These two enormous men wearing nothing but their shorts, standing there trying to beat each other to death.
两个魁梧凶悍的男人身上除了裤衩外什么也没穿,他们面对面对打,都想把对方打死。
For at least two decades the US has been unable to provide monetary stability, financial regulation and fiscal rectitude.
20多年来,美国一直无法提供货币稳定、金融监管和财政廉洁。
Yi appears to have two seasons to live up to his potential before the Nets shift approaches from rebuilding to contending.
河蟹*似乎有两个赛季,活到他的潜力,前网转移的办法,由重建争论。
Chapter four makes a case study of the two translated versions of The Wind in the Willows through the application of reception theory.
论文的第四章运用接受美学理论分析《杨柳风》两个中译本的区别和造成区别的主要因素。
Sure, the Kindle's potential market may have shrunk today, since the two-books-a-year folks will now choose the more versatile iPad.
当然,如果一年才看两本书的家伙们选择这款多面手iPad的话,Kindle的潜在市场在今天看来已见收缩。
Like many local governments, Anhui has borrowed a great deal over the past two years through investment companies that it controls.
与许多地方政府一样,过去两年,安徽通过自己控制的投资公司借入了大量资金。
When she was 15, she had an arranged marriage with Mr. Arif but didn't move in with him for another two years because she was so young.
在她15岁那年,她被安排嫁给阿瑞夫,但由于当时她还太年轻,直到两年后才搬去和他同住。
She was very excited, and said: "That'll be terrific! Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed! "
她听了大为兴奋,说:“那太好了!一个炉子可以省一半的煤,那么如果我买两个炉子的话,不就可以把煤全都省下来了吗?”
He thought: In the clockwork of the head, two cogwheels turn opposite each other. On the one, images; on the other, the body's reactions.
他以为:在人脑机件里,有两个朝相反方向转动的齿轮。一个载着想象,另一个载着肉体的反应。
Born in Gorky (now Nizhni Novgorod), Russia's third largest city, she lived with her mother and two half-sisters in unpleasant conditions.
她生于俄罗斯第三大城市诺夫哥罗德,与母亲和两个同母异父的妹妹生活在并不令人愉快的环境里。
Over the top he managed to draw together two or three bushes, and the improvised wigwam was complete.
在顶上,他把两三个灌木丛扔在一起,就这样一个简易棚屋完成了。
And she received two anonymous notes from neighbors saying they did not want to see her underwear flapping about.
而她也接到了相邻方的两条匿名字条,称他们不想看到她的内裤飘来荡去。
After nearly two years of an escalating debt crisis, ECB officials still appear to be trying to find their footing.
债务危机不断加剧近两年后,欧洲央行官员似乎仍在努力寻找自己的立足点。
She did everything to get the two of them together, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.
她极力撮合他两个,但我觉得那根本不可能。
If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in catastrophe, then someone will do it.
如果做某事有两种或多种方法,而其中一种将会导致巨大灾难,那么一定会有人照这种方法做。
(Computer programmer) I've been a computer programmer for two years. I'm very acquainted with the field.
(电脑程式设计师)我做过两年的电脑程式设计师。我很熟悉这份工作。
Controls present a set of two or more mutually exclusive choices to the user.
控件为用户提供由两个或多个互斥选项组成的选项集。
One thing that impresses me about my wife is her commitment to walk two to four times a week for at least an hour.
妻子有一件事让我印象深刻。无论风和日丽,还是雨雪天气,她每周都会健行二到四次,每次至少一小时。
The combination of two or more consignments to create a more economical freight solution .
将两件或更多货物合并在一起发运以实现更经济的运输方案。
Poland likewise was one of two countries in eastern Europe willing to have missiles planted on its soil, pointing over Russian territory.
同样,波兰是愿意将(美国)导弹设置在其领土,并指向俄罗斯的两个东欧国家之一。
Chuck: Hey, I was thinking maybe this weekend, we could head up to that place in the mountains, just the two of us.
嘿,我在想这个周末,我们可以去爬山,就我们两个。
I shall be happy to give you an opinion upon the subject in the course of a day or two.
我将愉快地在一两天内把我关于这件事的意见告诉你。
She was running away from her life in London, taking the two children and their nurse with her.
她带着两个孩子和一个保姆出走,告别了她在伦敦的生涯。
We just sat there for a moment or two, he with a cigarette and I with a cigar, and blew smoke at each other.
我们在那里坐了一会儿,他含着一支香烟,我含着一支雪茄,两人面对面喷云吐雾。
"You might feel stronger, in an hour or two, " I said.
“过一两个钟头,您就会觉得硬朗些,”我说。
One of the weaknesses of our military supply relationship with Isreal was that it came up for renewal every year or two.
我们同以色列的武器关系中的一个弱点是每隔一两年就要延期一次。
The exhaust fan is a piece of equipment that needs to be checked two or three times a year.
排风扇是整个设备的一部分,每年需要检查2至3次。
I'm not sure how much the two things go together.
我不知道这两者有多少联系。
Two points help to explain why there was no essential change in the Latin American policies of the United States in 1913.
两种情形有助于解释为什么1913年美国的拉丁美洲政策没有本质变化。
I can spare two hundred a year for a grand purpose like this.
为了这样一个伟大的目标,我可以一年捐助两百镑。
He hastily scrawled a line or two on a dirty piece of paper, and said to her, as she drew back when he offered it.
他在一张肮脏纸片上匆匆画了一两行字,将字条递给她,她直向后缩。