week
noun [ C ] uk/wiːk/ us/wiːk/
A1 星期，周（尤指从星期一到星期日或从星期日到星期六）
a period of seven days, especially either from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday to Saturday
last/this/next week 上／本／下周
We go to the cinema about once a week. 我们大约一周去看一次电影。
Will you be going to next week's class? 你下周去上课吗？
It usually takes about four weeks to get the forms processed. 处理这些表格通常需要4周左右的时间。
Don't do anything strenuous for a week or two. 一两周之内不要干任何重活儿。
It'll be weeks (= several weeks) before the flood damage is cleaned up. 清理洪水造成的破坏要好几周时间。
A1 工作周（星期一到星期五）
the five days from Monday to Friday, the usual working period for many people
We're usually too tired to go out much during the week. 工作日期间我们通常很累，没有精力去参加太多的社交活动。
（从某天算起的）一周
one week after the day mentioned
The first performance of the play is a week (from) today/tomorrow. 这出戏的首演将在从今天／明天算起的一周后举行。
Our holiday starts a week on Saturday. 我们的假期将从下周六开始。
UK She has to go back to see the doctor Friday week. 她得在下周五去复诊。
（某天之前的）一周
one week before the day mentioned
It was his birthday a week ago last Friday. 上星期五是他的生日。
UK The problems with the TV started a week last Monday. 从上星期一开始电视就出问题了。
每周的工作小时数；每周的工作天数
the amount of hours spent working during a week or the number of days on which a person works
A lot of farm workers work a six-day week. 很多农场的工人每周工作6天。
week by week 每一周
each week during a period of time
We could see his health deteriorate week by week. 每一周我们都能看到他的健康状况在恶化。
week after week(also week in, week out) 一周又一周地;一连数周
regularly or continuously for many weeks
I go to aerobics three times a week, week in, week out. 我一连几个星期每星期都去做三次有氧健身操。
- More examples
- She gave the whole class extra homework for a week.
- My landlord's given me a week to clear out of my flat.
- I go to aerobics once a week.
- We're having to work a six-day week to cope with demand.
- We're reading a different book this week.
Idiom
of the weekidiom 本周最佳；本周特荐
A thing or person of the week is one that has been chosen as the best in a particular week
Book of the Week: Dog Breeds by Andrew and Helen Barker. 本周特荐书：《狗的品种》，安德鲁·巴克和海伦·巴克著。