a minute、a day、a month和a year，哪个最长?今天小编给大家带来了 a minute、a day、a month和a year用法，希望能够给帮助到大家，下面小编就和大家分享，来欣赏一下吧 。
a minute、a day、a month和a year，哪个最长?
如果我问你：a minute、a day、a month和a year这四个选项里，哪个时间最短?相信你一定会回答a minute 。它只有一分钟，当然比一天、一个月和一年短 。
没错，合情合理 。可是，如果我再告诉你，a minute同时又是时间最长的选项，你信吗?
Trust me, I'm not kidding. 因为a minute的引申义是quite a while，a long time，它没有定数，可以长达many years 。
A: But you did good, just like I knew you would!
B: I'm not you, mom.
A: Well, I wasn't always me, either. It took me a minute to get here.
C: OK, we, we need to get her to a hospital.
D: No, I, I'll be fine. So you were just gonna leave me to die? What the hell were you thinking?
C: I showed up, didn't I?
D: You took your damn time.
C: Well, I needed a minute!
也许你会觉得很困惑：不是经常有人说wait a minute这样的话吗?这里的a minute显然是a short time 。那到底怎么判断a minute是长是短呢?没个统一标准，岂不天下大乱?
放心，你只需要记住一个简单原则：如果说的是现在或将来的情形，a minute就是原始用法，等于a short time;比如：Hold on a minute! I'll be back in a minute. 如果说的是过去的情形，a minute就是引申用法，等于a long time 。比如：It took them a minute to finish the project. It's been a minute since I last saw you.
BTW, 有一档NPR的知名节目叫It's Been A Minute，这个名字的来由也是：Well, it's been a long time since we talked to each other. Let's have a proper chat!
【aminute、aday、amonth和ayear，哪个最长】that day与on the day用法的区别
用法上稍有区别，2113that day 既可作主语、宾语5261、也可做时间状语; 而 on the day 只能4102做状语，做状语时两1653个可以互换 。
that day 中，that是形容词，day 名词，所以它是一个名词词组 -- 那天
on the day 中，on 介词，the day 特定的一天，因有定冠词the，翻译是一样的
举例说明：
That day will be the happiest day in my life.
那一天将是我一生中最幸福的一天 。
that day 做主语 (不能用 on the day 代替)
I will remember that day forever. 我会永远记住那一天的 。
这里的that day 是宾语 (不能用 on the day 代替)
I remembered what happened that day. 我记起那天发生的事了 。
that day 是状语 (可以用 on the day 代替)
回答楼主的补充提问：
It was a cold winter day in 1900. ( )he could have no breakfast or lunch.
这里以为是做状语用，that day 和 on the day 都可以用 。但如果选择一个，我会选that day 。应为on the day 放在句尾的情况为多，而且与that day比较，有强调“在”(那天)的含义 。而that day就让整个句子流畅很多，只是说那一天 。。。
