（一）问时间

问时间时，一般要用到''time''这个词，这里的''time''指''a particular point in time shown on a clock in hours and minutes''（钟表上显示的具体时间）。

1. What time is it?

例：

'What time is it?'  'It's about two thirty.' （-现在几点了？ -2:30左右。）

What time are you going out tonight? （你今晚打算几点出去？）

2. What time do you make it? (= used to ask someone with a watch what time it is ) 用于问戴表的人“几点了？”

备注：英式英语中常用''what time do you make it''，美式英语中常用''what time do you have''

3. Have you got the time? (= used to ask someone if they know what time it is )

备注：英式英语中常用''have you got the time''，美式英语中常用''do you have the time''

（二）表示时间

1. o'clock: use this when the time is exactly a particular hour ……点

例：

It's 5 o'clock. （现在5点。）

It's exactly 10 o'clock. （现在10点整。）

2. bang on/dead: use this to say that it is exactly a particular time ……点整

备注：''bang on/dead''是英式英语中非正式的用法。

例：

"What time is it?" "Bang on midnight."（-几点了？  -午夜12点整。）

We finished bang on eight, and we were back home by nine. （我们8点整完工，9:00到家。）

补充：''bang on/ dead''原意都是表示''exactly (right)''，

如：

His explanation was bang on. （他的解释完全对。）

The island is dead ahead of us. （小岛就在我们正前方。）

''bang on/ dead''后面接上时间，就表示“……点整”。

3. sharp: at exactly 10.30, 2.00 etc. 某个准点

例：

We're meeting at one thirty sharp. （我们准一点半见面。）

4. just before: use this when the time is a little before a particular hour不到……点

例：

It's just before 6. （快6点了。）

5. just after: use this when the time is a little after a particular hour刚过……点

备注：英式英语中常用''just gone''。

例：

It's just after 10 o'clock. （10点多一点。）

It's just gone midnight. (=just after)（午夜12点过一点。）

6. to: use this to say that the time is a particular number of minutes before a particular hour 差几分钟……点

备注：这里的''to''是介词，美式英语中常用介词''of''。

例：

It's ten to six. （现在5:50。）

It doesn't get dark until about twenty to ten. （晚上9:40左右天才黑。）

It's a quarter of eleven. （现在10:45。）

Joe, by the ten of eight you're going upstairs and that's only about a half hour from now. （乔，7:50的时候你就上楼，现在你还有半个小时。）

7. past: use this to say that the time is a particular number of minutes after a particular hour ……点过几分钟

备注：这里的''past''是介词，美式英语中常用介词''after''。

例：

It's quarter past four. （现在4:15。）

It's ten after five. （现在5:10。）

It's quarter after eight, and Laurie's showing up at nine. （现在8:15，劳瑞9:00会来。）

It's half past two. （现在2:30。）

8. it's getting on for: use this to say that it is almost a particular time, especially when you are guessing what time it might be 可能快……点了吧

备注：''it's getting on for''是英式英语的用法。

例：

It's getting on for five o'clock. （可能快5点了吧。）

I should think it's getting on for ten by now. （我想现在可能快10点了吧。）