一、详细释义:
n.
间隔;间距
例句:
The process is repeated after a short interval of time.
该程序间隔很短时间就重复一次。
例句:
The tropical year is the interval between two transits of the mean Sun through the mean equinox.
回归年是平太阳两次通过平春分点的时间间隔。
幕间休息
例句:
It 's time for an interval. Let 's go out and have a rest.
到幕间休息的时候了。我们出去休息一下吧。
例句:
During the interval, wine was served.
幕间休息时有葡萄酒供应。
【数学】区间
例句:
The confidence interval is the range of the estimate we are making.
置信区间是所确定的估计值的取值范围。
例句:
Not surprisingly, there's a huge "uncertainty interval" in the study.
毫无疑问,在这项研究中存在很大的不定区间。
二、词义辨析:
break,rest,pause,interval,recess,cease,stop
这些名词均含有“中止,停止,休息”之意。 break非正式用词,指突然的或短时间的中止,如工作或活动期间接短暂休息。 rest指统称的休息。 pause指短暂的中断或停止,含再进行下去的意味。 interval指一出戏在幕与幕之间,音乐会上下串场之间或演出中预先安排的休息;也可泛指事件之间的一段时间。 recess正式用词,指业务活动或工作中短暂的或长时间的休息。 cease正式用词,侧重逐渐结束某活动或状态,含永远结束的意味。 stop普通用词,指迅速或突然中止某行为、活动或状态。
三、相关短语:
closed interval
闭区间
lunitidal interval
月潮间隔
musical interval
音程
open interval
开区间
time interval
时间间断,时间距,时距
bounded interval
有界区间
四、参考例句:
During the interval, wine was served.
幕间休息时有葡萄酒供应。
The process is repeated after a short interval of time.
没过多久这个过程又被重复。
This combination is named the square of the "interval".
人们把这个组合称作“间隔”的平方。
The interval between the two trees measures 40 feet.
这两棵树的间隔是40英尺。
What is the number of minutes in each reporting interval?
每个报告间隔的分钟数是多少?
The performance runs 2 hours 30 minutes including an interval.
整个演出2小时30分,包括中间休息。
The normal interval between our meetings is six weeks.
我们会议的间隔期通常为六个周。
The interval between the two posts measures thirty meters.
那两根柱子之间的距离为三十米。
We can have a drink in the interval.
我们可以在幕间休息时喝点东西。
Not surprisingly, there's a huge "uncertainty interval" in the study.
毫无疑问,在这项研究中存在很大的不定区间。