•The exam lasted an hour and a half.考试持续了一个半小时。

•There are 24 hours in a day.一天有24小时。

•How many hours' sleep do you need?你需要睡多少个小时？

•I'll be back in an hour's/two hours' time (= after one/two hours).我会在一小时／两小时之后回来。

•The village is an hour from Doncaster/an hour away (= It takes an hour to travel there).那个村庄离唐克斯特／这里有一小时的路程。

•He gets paid by the hour (= gets a particular amount of money for each hour he works).他拿的是按小时计酬的工资。

•Trains leave every hour on the hour (= at exactly one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).火车每小时整点开车。

•Buses leave at ten minutes past/to the hour (= at ten past/to one o'clock, two o'clock, etc.).公共汽车每整点过10分／差10分开一班车。

•War was declared at eighteen hundred/18.00 hours (= at six o'clock in the evening).宣战时间是晚上六点。

•I did it in my lunch hour.我在午餐时间做了此事。

•office/working hours办公／工作时间

•Our opening hours are from 8 to 6.我们的开放时间是八点到六点。

•Who could be phoning us at this unearthly/ungodly hour (= so late at night) ?谁会在夜里这么晚给我们打电话？

•He returned in the early/small hours (= at night, after midnight).他凌晨才回来。

•She's a nurse so she often works unsocial hours.她是名护士，所以经常要上早班、值夜班。

•He's paid well but he works long hours.他薪水很高，可是工作时间也很长。

•I waited for him for hours.我等了他很长时间。

•They keep ringing me up at all hours (of the day and night).他们整天不停地给我打电话。

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•I often do some of my own work after hours.我经常在下班后做一些自己的事。

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•I sat by her bedside for hour after hour.我连续几个小时都一直坐在她的床边。

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•I thought my hour had come when he pointed his gun at me.当他用枪指着我时，我想我的死期到了。

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•She helped me in my hour of need.在我急需帮助的时候，她帮了我。

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•The police are trying to stop out-of-hours drinking.警方正设法禁止在违禁时间内饮酒。

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•He stays up drinking till all hours.他喝酒喝到很晚。