high time meaning in English
1.并不为晚的时候;不早不晚恰当时。
2.〔俚语〕兴高采烈的时候〔亦作high old time〕。
Examples
- It was indeed, high time for them to run .
这真是他们千钧一发的逃走时机。 - It seems to us high time that they began to work their passage .
在我们看来,这正是他们立功赎罪的良好时机。 - It is high time you stopped fooling around and started looking for a job .
你可别再游手好闲了,也该找份工作了吧。 - "madam," said archibald, with infinite composure, "it's high time you should know you are in the duke's country. "
“太太”,阿奇博尔德不慌不忙地说,“现在你该知道你是在公爵的地盘上了。”