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- 什麼也不能推動一個按鐘頭收費的人,對他的平靜的心情來說,時間的消逝是多么甜蜜啊。
Nothing can move a man who is paid by the hour; how sweet the flight of time seem to his calm mind.
- 她晚了一個鐘頭了吧?她就是這樣。
She was an hour late, was she? That's about par for the course for her.
- 她離開一個多鐘頭了。
She left little more than an hour ago.
- 這肉得燉幾個鐘頭。
The meat needs to stew for several hours.
- 我們在太陽地里呆呆坐了好幾個鐘頭。
We spent many idle hours just sitting in the sun.
- 那件事她談了好幾個鐘頭。
She was speaking about it for hours.
- 我在這兒等了整整一個鐘頭。
I've been waiting here for a whole hour.
- 我們爭論了一個鐘頭,但他毫無迴旋餘地。
We argued for an hour but he wouldn't budge (ie change his attitude or ideas) an inch.