Fortnight

(noun.) a period of fourteen consecutive days; 'most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight'.

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• Mrs. Bennet could certainly spare you for another fortnight. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I begged a fortnight's grace from the creditor, asked for a holiday from my employers, and spent the time in begging in the City under my disguise. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I rather liked it, said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• As Parker promised to return to Fanny in a week, she grew uneasy when almost a fortnight had elapsed without seeing or even hearing from him. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• As I said, I shall return from Cambridge in a fortnight: that space, then, is yet left you for reflection. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Yes, they have been there about a fortnight, Miss Price, have they not? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• For a fortnight past no cloth had been destroyed; no outrage on mill or mansion had been committed in the three parishes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In a house in which there were twenty burners, the tanks were filled with water and carbide but once a fortnight. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Meyler possesses a good understanding when one can give him a fortnight to consider things; but whenever impulse is required he is of no use on earth. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• And Jo felt as if during that fortnight her sister had grown up amazingly, and was drifting away from her into a world where she could not follow. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I shall be absent a fortnight--take that space of time to consider my offer: and do not forget that if you reject it, it is not me you deny, but God. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Come on Thursday fortnight, and bring the other chaps with you,' said Mr. Bob Sawyer; 'I'm going to have a few medical fellows that night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• After some consideration, it was decided that we should go for a fortnight to the sea-side. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• We continued punctual at parade for more than a fortnight. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• These burglars made a considerable haul at Sydenham a fortnight ago. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• After several fortnights he accidentally found his meat again. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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