阿甘的美國大冒險

瘋狂英語教室-美國人這樣說
LESSON 212 第二百一十二課
It's been a minute

It's been a minute

 

Definiton: It's been a long time.  It's been a long time since something happened.  過了很久一段時間

 

Example 1: It's been a minute since I last saw you.  You look great.  距離上次看到你已經過好一陣子, 你看起來很不錯。

Example 2: It's been a minute since I had a beer. 我已經好久沒喝啤酒了。

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It's been a minute 從字面上來看, 意思是已經過了一分鐘。

 

一分鐘是非常短暫的時間。但是當一個人說 it's been a minute, 真正意思跟字面完全相反。不是說過了一分鐘, 而是過了很長一段時間。

 

很有趣的用法對吧?