month

month — 名詞

1. each of the twelve segments that a calendar year is split into, lasting roughly

1.名詞A1
釋義

月份；月

一年十二個時間單位之一

each of the twelve segments that a calendar year is split into, lasting roughly 28 to 31 days — for example, the stretch that runs from the start of March to the end of March.

例句

The Watanabe family usually visits their relatives in Taiwan once a month.

渡邊家通常每個月會去臺灣探望親戚一次。

collocation: once a month

Rent is due at the beginning of each month.

每個月初都要繳房租。

collocation: each month

同義詞

文法句型

(last/next/this) + month

each/every/per + month

number + month(s)

用法筆記

When used with 'every', 'each', 'last', 'next' or 'this', month usually appears without an article: 'every month', 'last month', not 'the every month'. With ordinal numbers 'first month', 'second month' an article is required: 'the first month of the year'.

常見錯誤

❌I will finish the report on next month.
✅I will finish the report next month.
💡'next month', 'last month', 'this month' do not take a preposition.
❌She visits us one time for month.
✅She visits us once a month.
💡Frequency is expressed as 'once a month', not 'one time for month'.

2. a very long stretch of time that feels as if it lasts for many months — used esp

2.名詞B1
釋義

很長時間

好幾個月的漫長時期

a very long stretch of time that feels as if it lasts for many months — used especially to say that something hasn't happened for a long period or that something continued without stopping.

例句

Nkechi said she hasn't been to the cinema in months.

Nkechi 說她已經好幾個月沒去電影院了。

negative + in months

It took months for the visa application to be approved.

簽證申請花了幾個月才核准。

took + months + for-clause

同義詞
  • ages

    more informal and emphatic: 'I haven't seen you in ages'

  • a long time

    neutral; does not carry the vivid sense of 'many months' but is safer in formal contexts

  • years

    stronger exaggeration; 'I haven't done this in years' implies an even longer gap

反義詞

文法句型

for months

in months

months + on end

for months at a time

用法筆記

This sense is most natural in the negative pattern 'not … in months' or with 'for months' in affirmative sentences. It is less common in formal writing where precise time expressions such as 'for several months' are preferred.

常見錯誤

❌He didn't see his friend for months ago.
✅He didn't see his friend for months.
💡'for months' already expresses duration; do not add 'ago'.
❌I haven't eaten pizza since months.
✅I haven't eaten pizza in months.
💡Use 'in months', not 'since months', when saying how long something has not happened.