A：Let’s see if we can reach some sort of agreement over your curfew.
      让我们来看看，是不是能针对你的夜归时间达成什么协议？

B：Okay. Everyone else’s parents let them stay out until two or three in the morning.
      好吧，别人的父母都让他们玩到凌晨2 点或3 点。

midnight的反义词

A：Well. I’m not everyone else’s father. I think you need to be in the house by ten o’clock.
      是吗，可我不是别人的父亲。我认为你10 点钟必须回到家里。

B：That’s absurd. I know some junior high kids who can stay out later than that.
      那太荒谬了。我认识一些初中生，他们都可以10 点以后回家。

A：I’ll be worried if you stay out late.
      如果你在外面待到太晚，我会担心的。

B：Okay, how about a midnight curfew? And I’ll let you know where I am.
      好吧，12 点怎么样？更何况我会让你知道我在什么地方的。

A：That sounds reasonable.
      听起来不错。

midnight

A：Okay, Bob. I'M ready for beak-fast. Where's the coffee?
      好，鲍勃，我已准备好吃早饭了。咖啡在哪儿？

B：It's in that pan there. Jean broke the Silex last week, so I'm still boiling it.
      在那只锅里。吉恩上星期把渗滤壶打碎了，所以我只能用锅煮咖啡。

A：It tastes like crankcase oil, but delicious.
      这味道有点像汽车里的机油，不过还是很好吃。

B：That's good. You can always make beaskfast yourself if you don't like it.
      那好，如果你不喜欢，你随时可以自己动手做早饭。

A：What is the rebesides coffee?
      咖啡旁边是什么东西？

B：I warmed a couple of bread roll, and your eggs are in the frying pan.
      我热的两个面包卷。你的鸡蛋在平煎锅里。

A：Say, what time is it? Is it really only seven-fifteen. My watch says eight-fifteen.
      告诉我，现在几点钟了？真的只有七点十五分吗？我的表已经八点十分了。

B：You forgot to set your watch back. Daylight saving time was over at midnight last night.
      你忘了把表拔慢一小时。夏令时间已在昨天午夜结束了。

A：Gee.I could've slept another hour.
      唉！我本来可以再多睡一小时的。

1. 子夜;午夜;半夜
    Midnight is twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.

midnight是什么意思

    e.g. It was well after midnight by the time Anne returned to her apartment...
           安妮回到寓所的时候早就过了午夜。
    e.g. The entrance gates were locked at midnight.
           大门午夜时上锁。

2. 半夜的;午夜的;子夜的
    Midnight is used to describe something which happens or appears at midnight or in the middle of the night.

midnight是什么意思

    e.g. It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline...
           想要推迟午夜的最后期限是完全不可能的。
    e.g. Well we did have a midnight feast, me and my sister.
           我和姐姐的确在半夜大吃了一顿。

3. 开夜车;挑灯夜战;工作(或读书)至深夜
    If someone is burning the midnight oil, they are staying up very late in order to study or do some other work.

    e.g. Chris is asleep after burning the midnight oil trying to finish his article.
           克里斯为了写完文章挑灯夜战，现在已经睡着了。