hourly
hourly — 形容詞
- hourlypositive
- hourliercomparative
- hourliestsuperlative
1. Happening or done at regular intervals of sixty minutes throughout a day.
每小時的
每六十分鐘發生一次的
Happening or done at regular intervals of sixty minutes throughout a day.
The hourly weather report on channel 5 helps Walid plan his fishing trips.
頻道 5 的每小時氣象預報幫助 Walid 計劃他的釣魚行程。
attributive: hourly + noun (report)
Nurses at City Hospital do an hourly check on every patient in the ward.
市立醫院的護士每小時對病房裡的每位病人進行檢查。
Lotte set her phone for an hourly reminder to stand up and stretch.
Lotte 在手機上設定了每小時提醒，讓自己記得起身伸展。
There is an hourly bus service from the airport to the downtown terminal.
從機場到市區總站每小時有一班公車。
collocation: hourly bus service / hourly train service
The hourly news bulletin gives a quick summary of the main stories.
每小時的新聞簡報會快速總結當天的主要新聞。
- hourly report
- hourly check
- hourly reminder
- hourly bus service
- hourly news bulletin
- regular
Much broader; can mean at any fixed interval (daily, weekly, etc.), not specifically every hour.
- round-the-clock
Means continuous (24 hours a day), not once per hour. Much stronger in meaning.
文法句型
hourly + noun
用法筆記
Typically used before a noun. Common with scheduled transport, medical checks, and media broadcasts.
常見錯誤
2. Relating to or calculated at a rate per hour of work or service, such as a wage,
按小時的
以每小時為單位計算薪酬或費用的
Relating to or calculated at a rate per hour of work or service, such as a wage, fee, or charge.
Christopher earns an hourly wage of fifteen dollars at the campus bookstore.
Christopher 在校園書店工作，時薪是十五美元。
collocation: hourly wage
The lawyer charges an hourly fee that starts at two hundred and fifty pounds.
那位律師的鐘點費起價是兩百五十英鎊。
collocation: hourly fee
Tariro prefers hourly pay because her working hours are different each week.
Tariro 偏好按小時計薪，因為她每週的工作時數不固定。
The parking garage near the hospital offers both hourly and daily rates.
醫院附近的停車場提供每小時和每日兩種收費方式。
Linh found a job with a good hourly rate at the new factory outside town.
Linh 在鎮外的新工廠找到一份時薪不錯的工作。
collocation: hourly rate
- hourly wage
- hourly fee
- hourly rate
- hourly pay
- hourly charge
- per-hour
Equivalent in meaning but less common as an attributive adjective; 'per-hour charge' feels more technical.
- by-the-hour
Informal equivalent, often hyphenated. 'He prefers by-the-hour work.'
- salaried
Paid a fixed annual amount regardless of hours worked, opposite of hourly wage basis.
文法句型
hourly + noun (wage, fee, rate, pay)
用法筆記
Only used attributively (before a noun). Most common with wage, fee, rate, pay, and charge.
常見錯誤
hourly — 副詞
1. At intervals of one hour; happening one time in each successive hour.
每小時
每隔六十分鐘一次地
At intervals of one hour; happening one time in each successive hour.
The trains to Manchester depart hourly from platform seven.
往曼徹斯特的火車每小時從第七月台發車。
position: verb + hourly
Élise checks her email hourly when she is waiting for news about the job.
Élise 每小時檢查一次電子郵件，因為她在等工作的消息。
The machine records the temperature hourly and sends the data to the main computer.
機器每小時記錄一次溫度，並將資料傳送到主電腦。
Patients must take this medicine hourly for the first six hours after surgery.
手術後的前六個小時，病人必須每小時服藥一次。
collocation: take medicine hourly
Hao updates the sales data hourly so the team can see real-time results.
Hao 每小時更新一次銷售數據，讓團隊能即時看到結果。
- depart hourly
- check hourly
- update hourly
- record hourly
- take medicine hourly
- every hour
Exact paraphrase but written as two words; more common in speech than writing.
- once an hour
Slightly more emphatic about the frequency; also interchangeable.
文法句型
verb + hourly
用法筆記
Typically placed after the main verb. Common with verbs of monitoring, departure, and scheduled events.