punctuality

英 [ˌpʌŋktjʊˈælɪti]

美 [ˌpʌŋktʃuˈælɪti]

n.  严守时间; 敏捷

BEC

BNC.21572 / COCA.26459

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 准时的；守时的
  If you arepunctual, you do something or arrive somewhere at the right time and are not late.
  1. He's always very punctual. I'll see if he's here yet.
     他总是很准时。我去看看他是否已经来了。

英英释义

noun

• the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
  Synonym:promptness

双语例句

• I expect punctuality from my students.
  我期望我的学生准时。
• He's becoming more and more obsessive about punctuality.
  他对守时要求越来越过分了。
• And it's got nothing to do with your punctuality.
  但这和你的守时没关系。
• Punctuality can greatly increase your credibility.
  守时极能增加你的信誉。
• She had a reputation punctuality.
  她以守时着称。
• Fuel efficiency and punctuality are becoming two important criteria in determining pilots'income, according to a civil aviation insider.
  民航业内人士透露，燃油效率和正点率均与飞行员的收入密切相关。
• It seems that punctuality is quite important in British society.
  在英国社会，守时是非常重要的。
• Briggs was very definite about the need for punctuality.
  布里格斯非常肯定遵守时间的必要性。
• To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing respect for other people's time.
  对美国人来说，守时是一种尊重他人的时间的表现。
• This student's attendance and punctuality have not been good.
  这名学生出勤情况不好，也不准时。