High time 怎么說'早該這件事了'?
The clockmaker Alan Wilson adjusts the time on Canongate Tolbooth in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell.
今日短語
今日小常識(shí)
In the UK, the clocks go one hour forward this weekend, to take account of the longer days of summer. Last year British parliament debated whether to stay on Central European Time – an hour ahead of the UK – throughout the year. However, the move was opposed by the Scottish government who feared problems caused by dark mornings in winter.
在英國(guó)，夏時(shí)制從這周末開始。去年英國(guó)議會(huì)討論了英國(guó)是否應(yīng)該采納歐洲中央時(shí)刻，意味著全年都將是提前英國(guó)本地時(shí)間1小時(shí)。不過該項(xiàng)建議被蘇格蘭政府否決，因?yàn)檫@可能引起冬季早晨過于黑暗而造成多種問題。
短語表達(dá) high time 意思是某事需要盡快辦，因?yàn)橐呀?jīng)遲了，不能再拖下去了。
例句
I'm already 42. It's high time I sorted my pension out!
The plane's due to leave in 30 minutes. It's high time we were boarding.
It's high time we got our car serviced. It's been making that funny noise for months.
請(qǐng)注意
請(qǐng)注意在上面的例句中，語法上 high time 前面不用加冠詞，后面跟的句型是一般過去時(shí)或過去進(jìn)行時(shí)。
當(dāng)這個(gè)短語和冠詞連用時(shí)，意思會(huì)完全不一樣，指非常熱鬧的氣氛，度過精彩的時(shí)光。這個(gè)用法比較老套。
We had a high old time at Martin's party last night. You should have been there.
