1. be up: if the time allowed for
something is up , it is finished
例：
"Time's up,'' said the teacher."Stop
writing, everyone!''（老師說：“同學們，時間到，大家都停筆。”）
The chairman may be asked to resign before
his four-year term is up. （主席在四年任期滿前可能就會被要求下課。）
補充：這里的"up"有表示“用盡”的意思。再如以下幾個例句中的"up"：
We've used up all our savings. （我們的積蓄都花光了。）
The children had to eat up all their food. （孩子們不得不吃完自己碗里的東西。）
After a month, the wound had almost healed
up. （一個月后，傷口差不多都愈合了。）
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2. run out: if the time available
for doing something, especially something important, runs out , it comes to an
end so that there is no more time left
例：
We must act now because time is running out.
（時間不多了，我們得馬上行動。）
We'd almost finished solving the problem
when our time ran out. （在規(guī)定時間內(nèi)，我們差不多把問題解決了。）
The desperate search for survivors
continues, but time is running out. （仍在搜尋幸存者，但是時間一分一秒過去，希望越來越渺茫。）
補充：''time is
running out''的反義詞組“有得是時間”有3個常用的表達，
①have?time?for?something:?
She?realized?she?would?have?time?for?a?coffee?before?her?train?left.
（她覺得火車開之前她還有時間去喝杯咖啡。）?
We?don't?have?to?rush.?We?have?all?the?time?in?the?world?(=?have?plenty?of?time?)?.
（不用著急，我們有的是時間。）
②have plenty of time to spare:
Kate?had?plenty
of?time?to?spare?for?making?her?own?clothes.
（凱特有得是時間做她自己的衣服。）
③have?time?on?your?hands/time?to?kill??(=?not?have?enough?to?do?)?
Now?the?children?have?left?home,?she?has?too?much?time?on?her?hands.
（現(xiàn)在，孩子們都不住在家里了，她有了很多空閑的時間。）?
With time to kill, he walked to the museum.
（還有很多時間，他就走去博物館。）
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3. be out of time: use this to tell
someone to stop doing something because there is no more time allowed
備注："be
out of time"常用于口語中，尤其常用于電臺廣播主持人說“節(jié)目該結(jié)束了”（used on radio and television programs to say that there is no more
time available on the program）
例：
I'm sorry, listeners, we have to stop
there. We're out of time. （聽眾朋友，節(jié)目結(jié)束的時間到了，今天就到這里。）
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怎么表達“一段時間的結(jié)束”？
1.come to an end:
if a long period of time comes to an end , it ends
例：
Autumn came to an end with the first snow. （初雪宣告秋天已經(jīng)結(jié)束。）
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2.be over:
if a period of time is over , it has ended
例：
The long vacation was almost over, and she
hadn't done any of the things she'd planned. （長假已然快要結(jié)束，她計劃內(nèi)的事情一件都還沒做。）
I think I'm going to lose my temper before
this evening is over. （我覺得今晚我要發(fā)脾氣了。）
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3.end:
例：
The school year ends in June. （學年6月份結(jié)束。）
Winter was finally ending, and the first
flowers of spring had begun to appear. （冬天終于結(jié)束了，早春的花開了。）
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