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airtime

/air-tahym/US // ˈɛərˌtaɪm //UK // (ˈɛəˌtaɪm) //

空闲时间,空运时间,空话时间,空中时间

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast: The airtime for the newscast is 10 p.m.
    • : the time during which a broadcast takes place: The airtime for the new show is from 10 to 10:30 p.m.
    • : a block of such time sold by a radio or television station to an advertiser, allotted to a political candidate, etc.: The company bought three minutes of airtime.

Examples

  • However, outside groups pay full freight for TV airtime, whereas TV stations are required to charge candidates their lowest rates.

  • The network doesn’t give airtime to QAnon paranoiacs, at least that I’ve seen.

  • It all moves incredibly fast, and often those proposals quickly dissolve in the months between filming and airtime.

  • They don’t have airtime to make a call, getting a docket filled out sometimes takes a bribe, and you have to transport them everywhere.

  • Users have the option of making a once-off payment in full or in installments, using their airtime.

  • The outlets giving these pronouncements the most airtime are Arabic news stations in the Gulf.

  • A production assistant knocks on the door to tell her she has a minute before airtime.

  • Women need to know that their peers are pushing for them and cheering them on—recommending each other and demanding airtime.

  • Correction: A previous version of this article cited an incorrect figure for amount of lost airtime.

  • People like me have spent a lot of airtime and ink these past couple of weeks arguing over whether this can work.