喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/ˈdedlaɪn/截止日期；最後期限

    a date or time by which you must finish or hand in something.

    示範例句 · Example

    The deadline for the science project is Friday.

    逐字那個科學專題的截止日期是星期五。

    「deadline」是「必須做完或交出去的最後一天／最後一個時間點」。可以想成日曆上畫的一條最後時間線：線之前要完成，線一過就來不及了。常見畫面：meet a deadline（在期限前做完）、miss a deadline（期限已過還沒做完）、tight deadline（時間很緊）。和 due date 很近：due date 常指「到期日」（還書、繳費），deadline 更常指向「要完成一件工作／作業的最後時限」。

    常見搭配

    • meet a deadline

      趕上截止日期；按時完成

      to finish something by the last allowed time

      The team met the Friday deadline for the poster.

    • miss a deadline

      錯過截止日期；沒趕上期限

      to fail to finish by the last allowed time

      Sam almost missed the deadline for club signup.

    • set a deadline

      設定截止日期

      to choose the date or time when something must be finished

      Our teacher set a deadline of next Monday.

    • extend a deadline

      延長截止日期

      to move the last date to a later time

      Please extend the deadline by three days.

    • work to a deadline

      按截止日期趕工；在期限內完成

      to have to finish something by a set time

      Journalists often work to tight deadlines.

    • a tight / strict deadline

      很緊／嚴格的截止日期

      a last time that allows little room; must be kept

      We are working to a very tight deadline this week.

    • a deadline approaches / looms

      截止日期逼近

      the last time is getting close

      Things got busy as the deadline approached.

    • deadline for something

      ……的截止日期

      the last time allowed for a particular task

      What is the deadline for applications?

    意思相近

    due datetime limitcutoffclosing date

    用法接近

    due datetimetableschedule

core核心畫面

Picture a line drawn across the calendar. Before it, the work still counts; after it, it does not. What makes the word useful is that hard edge — a deadline is not 'roughly when it is due', it is the exact point where the door shuts.

可以想成：在日曆上畫一條線。線之前交出去算數，線之後就不算了。這個字好用的地方就在那道乾脆的邊——deadline 不是「大概那時候要交」，而是門關上的那個確切時間點。常見搭配是 meet a deadline（趕上期限）、miss a deadline（沒趕上）、a tight deadline（時間很趕）。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

複數 deadlines

意思相近

due datetime limitcutoffclosing date

用法接近

due datetimetableschedule

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

deadlinenoun/ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/

  • 1

    A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.

    • I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!
    • TfW's [Transport for Wales] plans to meet the PRM [Persons with Reduced Mobility] deadline and withdraw all Pacers by 1 January have been made more difficult by delays to introduction of Class 769 and 230 units.
  • 2

    archaicA guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.

  • 3

    archaicA line that does not move.

  • 4

    archaicA boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.

deadlineverb/ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/

  • 1

    governmentmilitarypoliticsTo render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.

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