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rush hour

上班时间,上下班时间,高峰期,高峰时段

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a time of day in which large numbers of people are in transit, as going to or returning from work, and that is characterized by particularly heavy traffic.

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Examples

  • He knows the times to avoid downtown so as not to be harassed by the notorious city council and all the panya-routes to avoid during rush hour.

  • Whatever we choose to blame, the thin cobbled streets had become as intense as the New York subway in rush hour.

  • Staggering start times is another key consideration, as employees have voiced concerns over commuting via rush hour on crowded public transport.

  • Have desk fans, let people keep a change of clothes at work, let them travel outside of rush hour, train the managers so that people know they can have a conversation about it.

  • “If you’re in the typical rush hour on I-270 and the free lanes aren’t moving very rapidly and you need to be somewhere, then you’ll be willing to pay the toll,” he said.

  • So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.

  • There is the smell here of an indecent rush for scapegoats, even before we know what really caused this crash.

  • An hour later, he scored a second flight to Johannesburg for $380.

  • In a show about single women, Sex and The City was always in a rush to get to the altar—and with a man there waiting.

  • He was released within the hour without a bond on his own recognizance.

  • The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.

  • The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.

  • Thus he continued to rush over the frozen sea during a considerable part of that night.

  • Words are often everywhere as the minute-hands of the soul, more important than even the hour-hands of action.

  • After an hour, however, he reached this decision: He would not go to or call up Mrs. Merley.