【week音标】 英[wi:k] 美[wi:k]
【单词释义】 week是什么意思：
n.一星期，周；工作周（一个星期中的工作时间）
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] weeks
【week同音词】
weak adj.虚弱的，柔弱的；不牢固的
【关联词/派生词】
weekday n.工作日
weekend n.周末 vi.过周末，度周末
weekly adj.一周一次的[地]，每周的 n.周刊
【week形近词/近似词】
peek vi.偷看，窥视；眯着眼睛看 n.偷看，窥视；一瞥，看一眼
leek n. 韭葱，韭菜
creek n.小河，小溪；小湾
seek v.寻求；寻找；追求，谋求
greek n.[C]希腊人；[U]希腊语 adj.希腊的，希腊人的
reek n.恶臭；臭味；水蒸汽 v.散发臭气；散发蒸汽（或浓烟）
cheek n.脸颊，脸蛋
meek adj.温顺的；驯服的
【单词例句】
◇ Merely 2 weeks later, the clones and their carrier died, which struck frustration into his heart. He retired before he attained his ambition and became a member of an opera chorus to relieve his depression.
仅仅过了2个星期，克隆体和母体都死亡了，这使他内心里充满了挫折，他也因此在达到自己目标前就退休了，并选择加入歌剧合唱团来减轻消沉的感觉。
◇ She sent emails to his mailbox every week to state her thinking and ask for his accompaniment, but never received reply of satisfaction.
她每周都给他的邮箱发电子邮件陈述她的想法，要求他的陪伴，但却从未收到满意答复。
---- Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For
◇ The whole week she was unhappy, and wept many bitter tears; but when Sunday returned, she said, "Well, now I have suffered and struggled enough! I really believe I am as good as many a one who sits in the church, and holds her head so high!"
她悲哀地过了整整一个星期，流了许多伤心的眼泪。不过当星期日到来的时候，她说："唉，我受苦和斗争已经够久了！我想我现在跟教堂里那些昂着头的人没有什么两样！"
---- The Red Shoes
◇ The star is 40% cooler than our sun and only about a third of the sun's mass and size. A study describing the three planets was published this week in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
这颗恒星的温度比太阳低40%，质量和体积只有太阳的三分之一左右。一项描述这三颗行星的研究本周发表在《天文学与天体物理学》期刊上。
---- NASA finds potentially habitable super-Earth
◇ Myth 1: To stay in shape, you only need to work out once or twice a week.
流言1：为了保持体形，你只需要一个礼拜锻炼一次或者两次。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ Over three months, half were asked to watch two different hour-long comedy programmes each week, including popular sitcoms. The other half watched two different serious documentaries, about topics such as politics or the Amazon rainforest.
在三个月的时间内，有一半的患者被要求每周观看两个不同的长达一小时的喜剧节目，包括受欢迎的情景喜剧。另外一半患者每周观看两部不同的严肃纪录片，涉及政治或亚马逊雨林这类题材。
---- Study finds laughter is good for heart health
◇ As for how much exercise, Dr Claire Knight, senior health information manager at Cancer Research UK, recommended 150 minutes of exercise a week, but said: “You don’t need to run a marathon or join a gym – anything that gets you warmer, slightly out of breath, and your heart beating faster counts.
那么需要多大的运动量才能有效果？英国癌症研究院的高级健康信息主管克莱尔·奈特博士建议每周锻炼150分钟，但是他指出：“你不需要跑马拉松或去健身馆，只要能让你热起来、稍微有点气喘、心脏加速的活动都可以。”
---- Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older
◇ If you resist the urge to squeeze, pimples will usually resolve over a week or so without scarring. The "white" contents will also settle down or spontaneously pop when ready.
如果你忍住不挤痘痘，痘痘通常会在一周左右的时间内消退，而且不会留下疤痕。“白色的”内容物在成熟的时候会沉淀下来或自动爆出。
---- Should we be popping pimples?
◇ On the first long weekend of her employer's experiment with a four-day working week, Kirsten Taylor freaked out a little bit. Like a housework hurricane, she got through mounds of clothes-washing, weeded the garden, cleaned the windows and mowed the lawn.
在公司首次试验四天工作制的第一个长周末，柯尔斯顿·泰勒感觉有点抓狂。就像经历了一场家务飓风，她洗了一大堆衣服，除了花园的杂草，擦了窗户，还修剪了草坪。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ To stem the invisible tide, he said sheets should be washed once a week.
为了防范于未然，他表示床单应该每周洗一次。